Spirit has already axed flights and asked pilots to take a pay cut. Now it's furloughing 1,800 flight attendants.
Spirit Airlines said it will furlough about one-third of its flight attendants as the budget carrier struggles to survive its second bankruptcy in less than a year. About 1,800 of Spirit's roughly 5,200 flight attendants will be affected, with involuntary furloughs set to take effect on December 1."As part of our ongoing restructuring, we are taking steps to align staffing with our fleet size and expected flight volume," the airline said in a statement to Business Insider. "We recognize the impact of this ...