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jmowreader

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7. What advantage would owning an airline give him?

Reply to Jacson6 (Original post)

Sun May 3, 2026, 05:10 PM

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I'm going to assume that "inventory" means more than just what's stored in Spirit Airlines' computers. It also includes aircraft, gate slots and routes. The aviation industry is far more regulated than the industries Musk likes to be in, and it's highly dependent on things Musk can't control - such as the weather, traveling preferences of the general public and whether the dipshit he bought a presidency for decides to start another unprovoked war against an oil-producing nation.

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Elon Musk in Talks to buy Spirit Airlines Inventory. [View all] Jacson6 Sunday OP

Lots of training data for AI there. AI companies have been buying that sort of data, which includes highplainsdem Sunday #1

They probably already sold all that data as they were going along, trying to keep afloat AZJonnie Sunday #5

I'm going to disagree with you on the "0 tangible training benefit" thing jmowreader Sunday #6

You're talking about an application though. If tools like Claude AI are being trained with PII, that's a major freaking AZJonnie Monday #8

So that's why the Administration stiffed Spirit struggle4progress Sunday #2

Can't stand that parasite. Dave Bowman Sunday #3

oh of course. themaguffin Sunday #4

What advantage would owning an airline give him? jmowreader Sunday #7