Airport staff have revealed ways that you can get through security quicker, amid a period of nationwide travel chaos. Travellers across the country have been facing long queues at security and delays boarding planes, with the aviation industry said to be on its knees due to staff shortages.
A pilot for British Airways has revealed that the industry is struggling to operate at pre-Covid capacity, due to a number of factors including a shortage of staff and "mismanagement" during the pandemic. The pilot, who did not want to be named, predicted that the dissaray we have seen in airports in recent weeks is only set to continue throughout the summer.
The pilot, who warned that remaining staff were "burned out" and getting ready to leave the industry, said: "A pilot I was speaking to the other day said he hadn't been worked this hard in 15 years at the company. We're full on at the moment. There are not many happy people right now. It is a perfect storm."
