{"id":265294,"date":"2026-05-10T01:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T01:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/265294\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T01:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T01:19:08","slug":"christian-church-moves-to-help-former-spirit-airlines-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/265294\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian church moves to help former Spirit Airlines employees"},"content":{"rendered":"

DANIA BEACH, Fla. \u2014 Henry Fernandez, the senior pastor at The Faith Center<\/a>, a Christian church in Sunrise, said he used to work as a flight attendant. <\/p>\n

Fernandez, formerly of New York, co-founded the church in 1991 at the former Sunrise Musical Theater at 5555 NW 95th Ave.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s there, he hopes the community will come together to help as many former Spirit Airlines employees as possible. <\/p>\n

\u201cNo one is exempt from these issues,\u201d Fernandez told Local 10 News. \u201cSome of us are just one day, one year, one month away from being unemployed.\u201d <\/p>\n

The church has been preparing to host \u201cOpportunity Day,\u201d a job fair and a complimentary lunch. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think our job is hopefully, at the end of the day, if not all of them, most of them can say, \u2018Yes, I lost my job at Spirit Airlines, but it was an opportunity,\u2019\u201d Fernandez said. <\/p>\n

The \u201cOpportunity Day\u201d is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 30. For more information or to join the effort, call the church at 954-742-7832. <\/p>\n

LOCAL LAYOFFS <\/p>\n

With more than $2.5 billion in losses since 2020, the bankruptcy filings followed in 2024 and 2025, and the shutdown was on Saturday after a last-minute $500 million government bailout failed. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe have 18,000 people that live in this country that are great people and great employees,\u201d President Donald Trump said about Spirit Airlines employees nationwide on April 23<\/a> at the White House.<\/p>\n

Spirit Airlines filed the layoff notices<\/a> on Monday with the FloridaCommerce<\/a>, the state\u2019s lead agency for workforce, and reported laying off more than 4,850 employees in Florida.<\/p>\n

That included more than 3,260 layoffs in Broward and Miami-Dade counties. There were 2,529 at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, 551 at the Spirit Support Center in Dania Beach, and 181 at Miami International Airport. <\/p>\n

Related document: Notice of layoff (May 2-13)<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"Florida Commerce on Spirit Airlines layoffs <\/p>\n

Helpful link: Spirit Airlines restructuring page<\/a><\/p>\n

Related stories<\/p>\n

Upcoming job fairs<\/p>\n

Miramar is hosting a job fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May 20 at the Miramar Cultural Center, at 2400 Civic Center Place. Admission and parking are free. For more information, visit the Evenbrite page<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The Port Everglades Career Fair & Expo<\/a> is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 27 at the Broward County Convention Center at 1950 Eisenhower Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale. Admission and parking are free. Here is a list of the participating companies <\/a>><\/p>\n

Resources<\/p>\n

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