Steve Giordano
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first heard May 2026
last heard 11 May
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WSJ What’s News · Meet the Repo Man Retrieving Spirit’s Planes Around the U.S. · 11 May 2026
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It's not like anybody can just go to an airport and say, I'm here to repossess a Spirit airplane.
It's not like anybody can just go to an airport and say, I'm here to repossess a Spirit airplane.
I mean, let's hope, right?
So the security is tight, and we had to find the right people involved, collect documents, and then be in touch with our clients' legal departments to get powers of attorney, letters, orders from the courts.
In cases, we had to present them to county sheriffs to gain access.
Spirit doesn't actually own most of the planes it flew.
The majority, more than 60 planes, nearly two-thirds of its active fleet, were leased.
And the owners want those planes back.
Steve Giordano is the managing partner of the Nomadic Aviation Group.
He says the first challenge for companies that are trying to repossess Spirit's planes is
is just getting to them.
Right now, they're parked at the gate or wherever they happen to be when Spirit went out of business.
Some, nobody knows.
Spirit is also looking to monetize anything it can.
Planes, engines, gates, even coveted landing slots at congested airports.
The biggest problem may be timing.
Joel Rose, NPR News.
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