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Spirit is the closest thing the US has to RyanAir, so it's not overly surprising that they'd try something like this. (If memory serves, they also turned their whole cabin into a huge billboard a while back.)
The two CEO's are indeed good friends. Baldanza visited the UK a few years ago to consult with Michael O'Leary and the result of that trip overseas was NK's rollout of checked bag fees.