hurricane shelters. travel hassles drag on. hundreds of canceled and delete spirit airlines flight. spirit, florida-based budget carrier canceled 461 flights since sunday and delayed 452 leaving many passengers across the country stranded and fuming. >> this line, i started back there last night at midnight. i got to the front at 9:00 a.m. this morning. nine hours. didn't get a food voucher or hotel voucher. it's the first and last time i'll be flying spirit. >> spirit airlines says it's working around-the-clock to accommodate passengers dealing with travel disruptions at several hubs over the weekend the airline pilots association and spirit tell fox reports of a pilot strike are not true. as for your representatives of the cancellations and delays are due to a series of weather and operational challenges, explaining in part "we needed to