The impact of Spirit Airlines’ campaign to streamline itself to profitability is extending more deeply into the ranks of the troubled carrier as management has informed employees that up to 365 more pilots may be furloughed in early 2026 along with non-union support workers at corporate headquarters in Dania Beach and elsewhere.

The news was delivered to employees Wednesday in a note from John Bendoraitis, the chief operating officer. The company affirmed the moves in a statement issued Friday.

“As part of our ongoing restructuring, we are taking additional steps to align staffing across our organization with our previously announced capacity reduction and smaller operating fleet size,” Spirit said in the statement.

“Over the past several weeks, we’ve made a number of difficult decision

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