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☆ Spirit executive blames other airlines for a 'manufactured' pilot shortage and says some want the carrier out of business
  + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
AdvertisementA Spirit executive blamed mainline carriers for some of its financial woes during a Senate hearing. He said some airlines "manufactured" a pilot shortage and that others want Spirit "out of business." A Spirit Airlines executive blamed competitors for some of its financial and operational woes during a congressional hearing on Wednesday, pointing to factors including pilot staffing and limited airport access. Chief commercial officer Matthew Klein told a Senate subcommittee that Spirit hasn't been able to grow because the mainline airlines "manufactured" a pilot shortage during the pandemic and "poached" Spirit's pilots. Spirit pilots are not paid as much as mainline pilots and could have left the company for better working conditions.
Persons: Matthew Klein, hasn't, Spirit's, Klein, gunning, Scott Kirby, Robert Schroeder Organizations: Spirit Airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, United Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Airbus, Business, Spirit, Budget, Frontier, SVP Locations: United
☆ Spirit is dropping 37 routes from its network in a significant adjustment that targets Florida — see the full list
  + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Spirit Airlines has temporarily cut 37 routes from its network starting in January. The airline is calling the cuts temporary, with plans to restore many of them in 2023. Starting in January, the low-cost carrier will nix 37 routes from its map, including destinations in the US and abroad, according to Cirium data. Although Spirit is pulling some routes from Florida, Spirit EVP and CCO Matthew Klein said in the earnings call that "while we are seeing the constraints on our Florida network, we are able to reallocate that to other parts of the country." Here is the full list of Spirit's 37 temporarily dropped routes:
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