U.S. low-cost carriers add jobs this fall while legacy and regional airlines let people go
Photo Caption: Spirit Airlines' fee policy may be controversial, but the airline is adding jobs fast, and is in growth mode. Pictured is an A319.
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Frontier Airlines' restructuring was a drag on the low-cost carriers' job increases as Spirit, Virgin America and Allegiant all posted double-digit gains.
Love Spirit Airlines for its cheap-as-dirt fares or hate it because of its fee policies, but the airline is growing fast as it added 456 jobs (an 18.8% increase) in November, catapulting a modest jobs' increase by U.S. low cost carriers.
Low cost carriers, as a group, added jobs (1.4%) in November 2012, while network airlines (-2.4%) shed them, and regional airlines (-5.4%) dumped them at an even greater pace.
If it weren't for restructuring at Frontier Airlines, which saw its employment ranks decline 15.2% in November 2012, when compared with the year earlier period, the low-cost carri
