Spirit Airlines to furlough 1,800 flight attendants to cost cuts

SPİRİT Airlines plans to reduce costs while fighting the second bankruptcy in less than one year, the budget airway, which is approximately one -third of the cabin crew members.

“While we are working to return to profitability, we encounter difficult decisions about our network, fleet and ultimately, while a note sent to flight officials on Monday, who was reviewed by CNBC, the Chief Officer of Spirit.

CNBC reported that Dave Davis, CEO of CEO last week, warned the staff about business cuts because he wanted to shrink the fleet to balance Spirit.

Bendoraitis, 800 mental flight officials, the airline to avoid involuntary furoughs to help to avoid voluntary poverty leaves already out of the leaves, he said.

“However, there is a limit to how many people can be volunteer for such permissions, and we have reached this sign,” he said.

The last number of the cabin crew members, which would be affected by volunteer Furloghs before the airline, was not immediately clear. Flight officials can apply to six or 12-month volunteer Furlogh leaves and protect medical aids, union, flight officials Association-CWA, Monaday, a note reviewed by CNBC.

AFA said that the affected flight officials were working with union departments in other airlines to help them get “preferential talks” with other carriers. AFA said involuntary Furloghs will enter into force on December 1st.

The soul did not immediately comment on Furloghs.

The soul also forced hundreds of pilots, and the managers said that the airline’s Pilots Union was looking for a $ 100 million cost deduction from the aviators.

Bendoraitis said that the Air Line Pilots Association could continue to negotiate every day to reach a consent agreement until October 1, “the Air Line Pilots Association said.