Anguished families desperate for a half-term getaway found their hopes in tatters owing to the continuing carnage at the country's airports. And holidaymakers faced a grim warning of “a summer of chaos” if the industry failed to act now.
Union Unite which represents tens of thousands of aviation workers said holidaymakers were paying the price for “chronic staff shortages” caused by job cuts during the pandemic. It claimed unless airline and airport bosses resolved the crisis ahead of July, the “chaos will last the entire summer season,” the Mirror reports.
General secretary Sharon Graham said: “During the pandemic, when airline operators and others in aviation slashed jobs to boost corporate profits, we warned this corporate greed would cause chaos in the industry. The aftermath of mass sackings is now chronic staff shortages across the board. Aviation chiefs need to come clean with the public. This is a crisis of their making.
