That sounds more like religious dogma than thought out argument.

The capital will probably go to further the AI bubble, I really don't see how that would be more useful than enabling travel.

While it's fair to criticize how this screwed up customers (and perhaps workers), airline shutdowns are often good things, route/airport slots gets freed for example, and airlines with better value (cost or quality wise) can take over.

I don't live in the US but spirit has been the butt of jokes for years.