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re: Brawl breaks out at Fort Lauderdale Airport after Spirit Airlines cancels flight

Posted on 5/9/17 at 1:52 pm to
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
49487 posts
Posted on 5/9/17 at 1:52 pm to
spirit is an incompetent airline.

Actions justified.

Posted by Adam4848
LA
Member since Apr 2006
19848 posts
Posted on 5/9/17 at 2:06 pm to
Spirit is the worst US Airline and it isn't even close. You get what you pay for.
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
49487 posts
Posted on 5/9/17 at 2:11 pm to
I've had to use spirit for emergencies.

Ended up making it more of an inconvenience..almost want to post bond and hire a lawyer for these people.

Posted by Panny Crickets
Fort Worth, TX
Member since Sep 2008
5596 posts
Posted on 5/9/17 at 2:11 pm to
quote:

3-4 hours just to get to the front of the line


Cell phone broken?
Posted by KLSU
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2003
11198 posts
Posted on 5/9/17 at 2:16 pm to
I flew Sprint to Vegas for the first time earlier this year but never again. I thought Southwest was a cluster!
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
49487 posts
Posted on 5/9/17 at 2:20 pm to
quote:

Cell phone broken?


Their page goes down. Often.

And during a "crisis" that is as often as BR traffic..the average wait to get a person to help you on the phone is about 3 hours estimated time. And then they act dumb and rush you through.
Posted by MajorMacD
Member since Apr 2017
146 posts
Posted on 5/9/17 at 2:44 pm to
This isn't the country my forefathers fought and died for.

The experiment has failed.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
131716 posts
Posted on 5/9/17 at 2:51 pm to
quote:

Cell phone broken?


They will not talk to you on the phone, and specifically announce while are in line at the airport that you will hold for several hours and then they will tell you they can't help you and to wait in line at the airport. No shite.

One of our people Tweeted a whole bunch of bad shite about Spirit and they contacted her in like 20 minutes after the tweets. They are conscious about that apparently ,everything else can frick itself. Don't know if they ended up doing anything for her.
Posted by Panny Crickets
Fort Worth, TX
Member since Sep 2008
5596 posts
Posted on 5/9/17 at 2:58 pm to
quote:

They will not talk to you on the phone


Yikes. Prayers, Sir.
Posted by LSUFanHouston
NOLA
Member since Jul 2009
41663 posts
Posted on 5/9/17 at 3:12 pm to
Flying Southwest to FLL in a few weeks. Hopefully this won't spill over.
Posted by LSUFanHouston
NOLA
Member since Jul 2009
41663 posts
Posted on 5/9/17 at 3:13 pm to
quote:

One of our people Tweeted a whole bunch of bad shite about Spirit and they contacted her in like 20 minutes after the tweets. They are conscious about that apparently ,everything else can frick itself. Don't know if they ended up doing anything for her.


And we wonder why people bash companies, true or not, on social media. It's the only way to get their attention.
Posted by TheCaterpillar
Member since Jan 2004
76774 posts
Posted on 5/9/17 at 3:17 pm to
quote:

Wow it gets you to your destination, who gives a shite how you look in the air?



Because it often doesn't get you to your destination?

Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
74884 posts
Posted on 5/9/17 at 3:18 pm to
When I'm driving around and see people arguing I yell out "World Star" and usually get funny reactions.
Posted by doublecutter
Member since Oct 2003
7222 posts
Posted on 5/9/17 at 4:24 pm to
quote:

Flying Southwest to FLL in a few weeks. Hopefully this won't spill over



I used to fly Southwest to Ft.Lauderdale twice a month for a year. Never had a problem except for one time when departing for NOLA and the airport closed because of a severe thunderstorm. But I do advise you to get to FLL early for your return flight.
Posted by Wolfhound45
Member since Nov 2009
127609 posts
Posted on 5/9/17 at 5:10 pm to
At least they did not get drug off the plane.
Posted by jpainter6174
Boss city
Member since Feb 2014
6752 posts
Posted on 5/9/17 at 5:13 pm to
So much cultcha and social injustices in that video!
Posted by tduecen
Member since Nov 2006
161246 posts
Posted on 5/9/17 at 5:13 pm to
Flown with Spirit 9-12 times now and I've never had a flight canceled or any other issue.
Posted by Tiger in NY
Neptune Beach, FL
Member since Sep 2003
31666 posts
Posted on 5/9/17 at 7:40 pm to
Ft. Lauderdale and Newark are the shittiest airports around. Last time I went through Ft. Lauderdale, it stank amd the lines were crazy with Haitians and Asians checking in big screen TVs and coolers full of food.
Posted by just1dawg
Virginia
Member since Dec 2011
1495 posts
Posted on 5/9/17 at 9:05 pm to
You're correct but not for the reasons you state. They don't pay their pilots as much as DL/AA/UA/SW do and their ALPA pilot group wants more money. So the pilots are currently in the midst of a work slowdown.

Delta is the industry best at handling IRROPS (weather, crew timed out, substitute aircraft, etc) and Spirit is one of the absolute worst because they can't/won't rebook you on mainline flights when a problem occurs.
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
49487 posts
Posted on 5/10/17 at 1:58 pm to
quote:

Flown with Spirit 9-12 times now and I've never had a flight canceled or any other issue.



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