The Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said he does not anticipate calling in the Army to help with issues at airports. Passengers have faced huge queues, delays and last-minute cancellations as they try to leave the UK.
It has prompted some, including London Mayor Sadiq Khan, to say European workers who had worked in the aviation industry before Brexit and the pandemic to return. Others, including Ryanair, have suggested bringing in the military.
Asked on BBC’s Sunday Morning programme about working conditions in aviation and a link between current issues and the pandemic disruption, he said: “I have every sympathy with the idea that during coronavirus where, frankly, we didn’t have a manual or a textbook about how to deal with it, and I think looking back we could see that we might approach things differently.”
