Defunct Spirit Airlines has reported the impact to Florida\u2019s aviation labor market after its weekend shutdown.<\/p>\n
In a filing with the State of Florida, the financially troubled company said it eliminated more than 4,000 jobs in South and Central Florida, with the job losses concentrated at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, the company\u2019s headquarters in Dania Beach, Miami International Airport, and two sites at Orlando International Airport.<\/p>\n
The locations and eliminations reported by the company to FloridaCommerce in mandated \u201cWARN\u201d Notices include:<\/p>\n
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International: 2,529
\nSpirit Support Center, Dania Beach: 551
\nMiami International: 151
\nOrlando International: 796.<\/p>\n
The airline also listed another 796 job eliminations at an inflight operations center in Orlando. It is unclear whether that figure was a duplicate listing of the Orlando losses.<\/p>\n
There was no mention of Palm Beach International Airport, where Spirit had a nominal presence.<\/p>\n
Overall, Spirit has said 17,000 direct and indirect jobs were cut starting last Saturday, the day of the carrier\u2019s final flight.<\/a> Other affected locations listed were Atlanta, Baltimore, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Las Vegas, New York, and Newark, N.J.<\/p>\n On Monday, FloridaCommerce, in conjunction with CareerSource Broward,<\/a> which is part of a network of state supported job search agencies, conducted counseling sessions for Spirit employees in Hollywood. A repeat session was scheduled for Tuesday, with others occurring in Orlando on Tuesday and Wednesday.<\/p>\n