Travelers stranded by Spirit strike

Katia Isaza waits to hear how she will get back to Columbia after being told by a <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORCRP017335" title="Spirit Airlines" href="/topic/travel/transportation/air-transportation/spirit-airlines-ORCRP017335.topic">Spirit Airlines</a> Inc. employee that all flights were still canceled after the pilots began their strike at the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO100100403070000" title="Fort Lauderdale" href="/topic/us/florida/broward-county/fort-lauderdale-PLGEO100100403070000.topic">Fort Lauderdale</a> International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The pilots went on strike in a dispute over pay and benefits with the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO100100403170000" title="Miramar" href="/topic/us/florida/broward-county/miramar-PLGEO100100403170000.topic">Miramar</a>, Florida discount airline which is seeing the first strike at a U.S. passenger carrier in nearly five years.

( Getty Images photo by Joe Raedle / June 14, 2010 )

Katia Isaza waits to hear how she will get back to Columbia after being told by a Spirit Airlines Inc. employee that all flights were still canceled after the pilots began their strike at the Fort Lauderdale International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The pilots went on strike in a dispute over pay and benefits with the Miramar, Florida discount airline which is seeing the first strike at a U.S. passenger carrier in nearly five years.

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