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Former Spirit Airlines flight attendants said they are still waiting for back pay more than a month after the airline shut down.<\/p>\n

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William Roman and Mauricio Valencia, both former Spirit flight attendants, said thousands of crew members received their final paychecks about three weeks ago \u2014 but the checks were short.<\/p>\n

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\u201cA lot of the paychecks had major discrepancies where they were missing hours, they were missing the per diem, they were missing their overtime rate,\u201d Roman said.<\/p>\n

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Valencia said he is missing two or three days of work. He added that he tried to dispute the issue but got the runaround.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen you email the email that they gave us, I get a message saying that this email is not being monitored anymore,\u201d Valencia said.<\/p>\n

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Roman said the situation has left many former employees frustrated and without answers.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHow is a company that knows that they\u2019re going out of business not prepared to pay their employees,\u201d Roman wondered.<\/p>\n

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CBS News Miami reached out to the union representing former Spirit flight attendants but had not heard back.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, a viral crowdfunding campaign called \u201cSpirit 2.0\u201d is promising to bring the airline back. The campaign has drawn more than $300 million in pledges and cites the Green Bay Packers\u2019 publicly owned model as its framework.<\/p>\n

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Aviation experts said a revival would come with substantial challenges because Spirit left behind billions in debt and its assets are being liquidated.<\/p>\n

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Roman said many former employees are holding onto the idea anyway. \u201cA lot of people have hope for the 2.0 because we\u2019ve run out of hope on everything else, and so when that\u2019s all that you have in front of you, you\u2019re going to grab it,\u201d Roman said.<\/p>\n

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At Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, the Spirit section in Terminal 4 is being dismantled. The airline\u2019s bright yellow kiosks now serve as a reminder of the airline.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt really hurts us that this is the way things ended, but we just keep moving forward because that\u2019s all that we can do: move forward,\u201d Valencia said.<\/p>\n

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This report was produced by Miami Herald news partner CBS News Miami.<\/i><\/p>\n

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