August 13, 2025 • 6 mins
In the weekday update, Skin informs us that Spirit Airlines could be on the outs and why
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Ben and Skin Show ninety one point one The Eagle
a left handed musicians bracket strung together by our own
Christina Ray. We will be happening at the bottom of
the hour and you have to listen live. There is
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(00:20):
Ranger tickets earlier. Lots of things streamed the shows, download
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Speaker 2 (00:25):
It is a miracle. All right, Now it's time for
this Are you excited? And gets.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
Day?
Speaker 1 (00:35):
Featuring veteran news anchor KT fun tweets all right, I'm.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Kt another day.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Another major company in financial trouble and this one I
don't know who all in this show has flown on
this we'll talk about that the second, but Spirit Airlines
may go out of business and their quarterly reporter earlier
this week they revealed that they're in This is funny
writing serious turbulence, just months after coming out of bankruptcy,
(01:06):
warning that it may not survive next year without a
big cash boost. They're a budget carrier, right. The whole
thing is you can fly for cheap and the plane
may crash. It says it's facing issues because there's fewer
leisure travelers. I mean that happens in any economic downturn.
Fierce competition, rising costs, and an over supply of domestic
(01:29):
flights that's driving ticket prices down. Now, they already had
big ticket, low ticket prices, right, so here's what they're
dealing with. They're cutting debt, they're adding new routes and
trying to attract higher spending passengers, but it's not helping.
And right now they're scrambling to sell planes, gates and
(01:50):
other assets, but admit that simply might not be enough.
I don't think when you're a brand that you've gone
straight budget that's your thing. Yeah, I think it's hard
to then go try to get in a lane where
you want to get more higher paying customers and flights
and all that, because you're selling one or the other.
You're selling value or you're selling luxury or whatever. And
(02:13):
I just know any time, maybe it's like the dep
Elm thing, Like I constantly see fights and chaos and
bad things happening in deep Elm. Does that mean it's
happening there all the time? Probably not. But my perception
is it. It is kind of like a shark attack. If
you see shark attacks on the news, you're like, oh
my god, every time someone gets in the water, a
(02:34):
shark's attacking. But it feels like most of the time
when I see an on air flight and an on
air fight, I'm sorry, an in air fight, it's on Spirit.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Like if there's a fist.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
Fight happening on an airplane, I think most of America
would say, I know the airlines Spirit Airlines. Yeah, and
that's because of branding. People think that, Okay, I like
to get in fights, I should go on the most
spirited airline. Or maybe that's to save money, like you
could sit in the fighting section. Yeah, even cheaper ticket.
And you know, once you've had a couple of spirits,
(03:08):
you're ready to fight.
Speaker 4 (03:09):
Yeah, you guys haven't ridden on Spirit Airlines before?
Speaker 2 (03:12):
I have not.
Speaker 4 (03:12):
No, okay, I have.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Uh huh. She likes to fight. Did you get in
a fist fight.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
I did not get in a fist fight. Honestly, the
fight there, we were just going to Fort Lauderdale, I believe.
So it was like two three hour flight, not a
big deal, ten bucks. The flight there was not a problem.
I was like, you know what, this is actually pretty
nice and we didn't have to pay that much.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
This is great.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Do you remember what it was, oh man.
Speaker 4 (03:34):
Less than it might have been less than one hundred.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
If that, you know, get a flight for less than
one hundred bucks.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
But the way back, and Mike described it perfectly. He
was like, that was like going into McDonald's at two am.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
That was exactly what it was like.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
We had a lady next to us where when the
seat belt sign went off, she turned around and like
got on her hands and knees like she was praying.
But she just sat there like that for the whole flight.
Apparently she just got a butt lift and that's what
you do. I don't know it. It was chaos. Wide
attendants didn't want to be there. They weren't really checking
on anyone. You could just tell when they were talking
(04:09):
they didn't care. But again, the flight there was totally fine.
I actually enjoyed it. It was the flight back that was crazy.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
That's what they say, the flight back is terrible.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
With Spirit Airlines, I mean, I mean, this is one
of the least surprising headlines I've seen in a long time.
I mean, of course, it's going to go bankrupt. What
is their brand? You can save a lot of money,
but you might get punched in the face. Have a
great flight. Yeah, I can't remember the one I flew
when I was twenty three years old and went to
New York for the first time and had no money.
(04:38):
I think it was called Funjet, Oh, Funjet, or maybe.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
It was fun Blue.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
I can't remember so long ago, but it was one
of those budget things. And I know the weather has
nothing to do with the airline, but it was the
scariest flight I've ever been on. It was just dropping,
like just dropping.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
In the air, and we were being thrown.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
Around, and I just remember thinking, Man, if I can
make it through this flight, I will suddenly believe in
God because I just needed I need something to get
me through. It's like the great wrap line. Feeling closer
to God in a tight situation. Oh, it's like it's
it's like, you know, you get what you pay for.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
And so if the whole basis of this business is
we are the cheapest airline, well they're probably gonna have,
you know, the cheapest pilots, the cheapest equipment. Yeah, the
cheapest stewardesses or whatever, like whatever, we're gonna cut every
single corner and pass that savings onto you. I like
this right here where it says they're scrambling to sell airplanes,
(05:38):
or like other areas like we're good man, we don't
want your airplanes. It's okay, you know, not looking to
buy a budget airplane, right.
Speaker 4 (05:44):
Can't deep scrub that enough, man?
Speaker 2 (05:46):
You keep it? So there you go.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
If you planned on flying Spirit Airlines anytime soon, you
probably need to get it done sooner rather than later,
because they are admitting, despite bankruptcy restructuring, they are having
issues
Ben and Skin Show ninety one point one The Eagle
a left handed musicians bracket strung together by our own
Christina Ray. We will be happening at the bottom of
the hour and you have to listen live. There is
no podcast to this, but most of our other segments
you can podcast on the free iHeart app. We use
it to give away tickets like we gave away those
(00:20):
Ranger tickets earlier. Lots of things streamed the shows, download
podcasts the free iHeart app.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
It is a miracle. All right, Now it's time for
this Are you excited? And gets.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
Day?
Speaker 1 (00:35):
Featuring veteran news anchor KT fun tweets all right, I'm.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Kt another day.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Another major company in financial trouble and this one I
don't know who all in this show has flown on
this we'll talk about that the second, but Spirit Airlines
may go out of business and their quarterly reporter earlier
this week they revealed that they're in This is funny
writing serious turbulence, just months after coming out of bankruptcy,
(01:06):
warning that it may not survive next year without a
big cash boost. They're a budget carrier, right. The whole
thing is you can fly for cheap and the plane
may crash. It says it's facing issues because there's fewer
leisure travelers. I mean that happens in any economic downturn.
Fierce competition, rising costs, and an over supply of domestic
(01:29):
flights that's driving ticket prices down. Now, they already had
big ticket, low ticket prices, right, so here's what they're
dealing with. They're cutting debt, they're adding new routes and
trying to attract higher spending passengers, but it's not helping.
And right now they're scrambling to sell planes, gates and
(01:50):
other assets, but admit that simply might not be enough.
I don't think when you're a brand that you've gone
straight budget that's your thing. Yeah, I think it's hard
to then go try to get in a lane where
you want to get more higher paying customers and flights
and all that, because you're selling one or the other.
You're selling value or you're selling luxury or whatever. And
(02:13):
I just know any time, maybe it's like the dep
Elm thing, Like I constantly see fights and chaos and
bad things happening in deep Elm. Does that mean it's
happening there all the time? Probably not. But my perception
is it. It is kind of like a shark attack. If
you see shark attacks on the news, you're like, oh
my god, every time someone gets in the water, a
(02:34):
shark's attacking. But it feels like most of the time
when I see an on air flight and an on
air fight, I'm sorry, an in air fight, it's on Spirit.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Like if there's a fist.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
Fight happening on an airplane, I think most of America
would say, I know the airlines Spirit Airlines. Yeah, and
that's because of branding. People think that, Okay, I like
to get in fights, I should go on the most
spirited airline. Or maybe that's to save money, like you
could sit in the fighting section. Yeah, even cheaper ticket.
And you know, once you've had a couple of spirits,
(03:08):
you're ready to fight.
Speaker 4 (03:09):
Yeah, you guys haven't ridden on Spirit Airlines before?
Speaker 2 (03:12):
I have not.
Speaker 4 (03:12):
No, okay, I have.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Uh huh. She likes to fight. Did you get in
a fist fight.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
I did not get in a fist fight. Honestly, the
fight there, we were just going to Fort Lauderdale, I believe.
So it was like two three hour flight, not a
big deal, ten bucks. The flight there was not a problem.
I was like, you know what, this is actually pretty
nice and we didn't have to pay that much.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
This is great.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Do you remember what it was, oh man.
Speaker 4 (03:34):
Less than it might have been less than one hundred.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
If that, you know, get a flight for less than
one hundred bucks.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
But the way back, and Mike described it perfectly. He
was like, that was like going into McDonald's at two am.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
That was exactly what it was like.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
We had a lady next to us where when the
seat belt sign went off, she turned around and like
got on her hands and knees like she was praying.
But she just sat there like that for the whole flight.
Apparently she just got a butt lift and that's what
you do. I don't know it. It was chaos. Wide
attendants didn't want to be there. They weren't really checking
on anyone. You could just tell when they were talking
(04:09):
they didn't care. But again, the flight there was totally fine.
I actually enjoyed it. It was the flight back that was crazy.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
That's what they say, the flight back is terrible.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
With Spirit Airlines, I mean, I mean, this is one
of the least surprising headlines I've seen in a long time.
I mean, of course, it's going to go bankrupt. What
is their brand? You can save a lot of money,
but you might get punched in the face. Have a
great flight. Yeah, I can't remember the one I flew
when I was twenty three years old and went to
New York for the first time and had no money.
(04:38):
I think it was called Funjet, Oh, Funjet, or maybe.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
It was fun Blue.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
I can't remember so long ago, but it was one
of those budget things. And I know the weather has
nothing to do with the airline, but it was the
scariest flight I've ever been on. It was just dropping,
like just dropping.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
In the air, and we were being thrown.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
Around, and I just remember thinking, Man, if I can
make it through this flight, I will suddenly believe in
God because I just needed I need something to get
me through. It's like the great wrap line. Feeling closer
to God in a tight situation. Oh, it's like it's
it's like, you know, you get what you pay for.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
And so if the whole basis of this business is
we are the cheapest airline, well they're probably gonna have,
you know, the cheapest pilots, the cheapest equipment. Yeah, the
cheapest stewardesses or whatever, like whatever, we're gonna cut every
single corner and pass that savings onto you. I like
this right here where it says they're scrambling to sell airplanes,
(05:38):
or like other areas like we're good man, we don't
want your airplanes. It's okay, you know, not looking to
buy a budget airplane, right.
Speaker 4 (05:44):
Can't deep scrub that enough, man?
Speaker 2 (05:46):
You keep it? So there you go.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
If you planned on flying Spirit Airlines anytime soon, you
probably need to get it done sooner rather than later,
because they are admitting, despite bankruptcy restructuring, they are having
issues
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