As airports continue to tackle the vacancy left by the shuttering of Spirit Airlines across the country, the impact on the Texas job market is immediately being felt. The company filed notices with the Texas Workforce Commission earlier this month, warning nearly 1,000 jobs – held both through the defunct company and unions – were terminated across two of the state’s largest airports.
In letters to both city mayors, the bankrupt budget airline confirmed 444 job cuts at the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and another 515 job losses at George Bushy Intercontinental Airport in Houston. The notices came the same day as the cuts despite federal laws mandating 60 days notice – a requirement Spirit Airlines officials say were impossible due to ongoing negotiations to reverse the company’s demise.
“We regret that we are not able to give you more notice of your layoff. We were not able to do so because the Company was actively seeking capital to avoid these layoffs and closures and notice would have precluded the Company from obtaining the capital needed,” a layoff letter from Spirit HR Vice President Suzanne Solon states…