Short-staffed Australian airports in chaos as flights depart without any luggage

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Unions say aviation industry cannot cope with Easter travel crush after effects of Covid leave workforce depleted

on Thursday morning, and linked the decision to outsource 2,000 baggage handling roles with the “catastrophic scenes” at airports.

She said between 20% and 50% of employees in some areas have been unable to work due to Covid-related staff shortages, and noted these issues are “happening across many areas of the aviation industry including in other airlines, in airport security screening and in other countries”. However the relaxation of the isolation rule has not eased all issues. At times, only a fraction of the security checkpoint lanes have been open.

At Brisbane airport, the United Workers Union said that so few cleaning staff were available that Securecorp, the company contracted by the airport, was asking female cleaners to clean male bathrooms without closing them to travellers.Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning

 

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Gee - if only people booked their flights before arriving so they’d know how many would turn up at any particular time, and so plan their staffing.

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