LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Nearly one week after Spirit Airlines shut down operations on May 3, more than 17,000 employees are fighting for their next paycheck after the sudden closure left thousands of passengers stranded.
Workers say they learned their jobs were gone through a generic email with no warning and no time to prepare. Now they’re left with emotions ranging from fear and frustration to anger and heartbreak. Some are turning to GoFundMe to stay afloat.
Flight attendant loses job days before 20-year anniversary
Jamie Patzer was a flight attendant with Spirit Airlines for nearly two decades, but that all ended with one email.
“We all got an email at 3 a.m. on the 2nd saying that was it. We were closing the doors,” Patzer said…