Nathan Wooddy knew Spirit Airlines was on the brink of collapse the night he took his last flight to and from Atlantic City. On that day, May 1, he put on his familiar black and yellow uniform. His husband, a fellow Spirit Airlines flight attendant, asked why he’d go to work at all, pointing out, “You might not make it home.”
By the time Wooddy landed in his home airport of Fort Lauderdale, he saw the news was official: their jobs (and that of more than 4,000 others in Florida) were gone.
Wooddy and his husband Antonio Mariano are two among scores of former Spirit Airlines employees who have started GoFundMe accounts to help make ends meet since the company announced it couldn’t afford operating costs after jet fuel costs rose during the Strait of Hormuz’s closure…