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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

UK airlines and airports scramble to hire staff as travel takes off again

BA cabin crew walk towards arrivals
British Airways axed as many as 10,000 workers during the pandemic, now it is struggling to recruit replacements. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images

Are you unfazed by heights, able to swim, not visibly tattooed, either taller than 5 ft 2in or possessed of extraordinarily long arms, and able to survive on £16k basic a year? Then there is a pretty good chance an airline needs you.

Cabin crew are just a few of the roles the aviation sector has been desperately trying to fill after the bounceback from Covid. Employees were axed en masse as the pandemic hit and flights were grounded, with British Airways alone shedding 10,000 people.

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