05/02/2026
Spirit Airlines died this morning at the hands of the socialist (Democrat) crusader, Elizabeth Warren, and all the Democrats that stand with her.
They must be so proud to add another casket to their achievements.
This morning at 3am, Spirit turned off the lights. Another 14,000 jobs gone. 30+ smaller airports lose service.
JetBlue offered $3.8 BILLION in cash to buy Spirit in 2022 so the airline could be saved and competition could be preserved. Shareholders, the unions, management, literally everyone voted yes.
The combined company would have held 9% of the US market against a Big 4 that already owned 80%.
For anyone who understands numbers: 9% isn’t a monopoly against 80%.
Warren said no. Democrats cheered her on, helping undermine this lifeline the entire way.
They wrote letters. They protested and campaigned. They pressured DOT head "Mayor Pete" Buttigieg. Biden’s DOJ sued. A federal judge killed the deal in January 2024.
Their argument: the merger would cost consumers $1 billion a year.
Now look at the collateral damage they will try to dust under the rug.
510 pilots gone in the months after. 1,800 flight attendants furloughed in December.
14,000 jobs in 2023. 7,500 last week. Zero tonight.
And that’s just the people in Spirit uniforms.
Catering goes. Fuel guys go. Vendors and suppliers gone. Baggage crews, gate agents, airport coffee shops, hotels and rental cars in 70 cities Spirit flew to, Uber and Lyft drivers, jobs disappeared or consolidated away to existing operators. Every airline job carries 3 more on its back, and many of those are now gone.
40,000+ people out of work because of one woman’s moronic crusade against the market and all the sheep willing to follow her off the cliff.
And the math ain’t mathing.
Spirit abandoned 90 routes during the death spiral. Fares on those routes are up 14% on average. Oakland to Newark: $135 to $288. Fort Myers to San Juan: $92 to $219. Kansas City to Newark up 66%.
That’s reality. That's the market. That is real life consequences of ignorant policy Not some fake number from an "academic study.”
How does this save the consumer money?
(Credit to the original author resharing for awareness.
Came across this perspective and thought it was worth sharing.)
