[clintonb]

It’s strange to see so many commenters celebrating the death of a company and the loss of so many jobs.

I flew Spirit a few times. The first time sucked because it was an emergency and I had no other option. The last few flights were great. We got the large seats up front for $75 extra. That plus parking at SJC was still cheaper than flying Southwest out of OAK.

The staff were friendly, and the gate was conveniently across from a lounge, so we had a truly great experience for those couple flights to Dallas.

[sys_64738]

A company that isn't a going concern should be liquidated immediately. Taxpayer money should not be sunk into something that has no future.

[dlcarrier]

It's a class thing.

Enjoying Spirit Airlines a-la-cart benefits is like enjoying the extra features in an Android phone or using a car to get somewhere quickly instead of waiting around for public transit. If you aren't showing the worlds that you can afford to go without, you aren't upper class.

[spacedcowboy]

It's probably the association with Trump, at least to those outside the US. Anything even remotely connected to that arsehole is, almost by definition, to be reviled. If he wanted to save it, there's probably a really good reason not to, without reading any further into the topic.

[mvdtnz]

What's the association with Trump?

[Redoubts]

there were talks for the US government to take a large equity stake as part of a bailout, but those fell through