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Originally Posted by PHXFlyer
As for the communication issues once on the ground, you must realize that Spirit does not fly into Daytona. There's no ground staff at all. According to the news reports the station manager from Ft. Lauderdale drove up to Daytona to handle the situation. Having a disabled aircraft divert to an airport that an airline doesn't serve must be a logistical nightmare.
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I'm going to disagree with you here. There had to be another airline that ground handled the aircraft. It's not all that unusual for an airline to have to set a plane down in a city they don't fly to. Doesn't happen everyday, but certainly far from unheard of. There's always some airline or ground handler to deal with this.
Now it is possible that the other airline was not able to make bus arrangements since the bus company might have required payment or a voucher up front. But, Orlando is only about 1 hour drive away, and Spirit does fly to Orlando. They could have had someone from Orlando go handle this.