abc.net.au/news/wa-school-holiday-airport-crowds/101459598With school holidays fast approaching, the aviation industry is working hard to avoid a repeat of the July holiday chaos — but the transport workers union has warned it may be worse this time around.
Mr Brown believes the aviation sector, which has been making operational changes in the wake of the July holiday disruptions, is already noting an improvement in performance. According to its latest domestic airline monitoring report, just 55 per cent of flights arrived on time during that period, compared to the long-term average of 81.9 per cent.Transport Workers Union WA secretary Tim Dawson said the industry was struggling to meet soaring demand amid staffing issues that stemmed from airlines sacking thousands of workers at the start of the pandemic.
Mr Dawson said following the July holidays, Australians now probably have a "fairly low level of confidence" in airlines like Qantas."They are doing their best under extreme circumstances where they are short staffed, where they are not trained properly because we have executives of airlines who are more interested in contracting work out on low and insecure jobs.
"A commission will make sure that we have good paying [and] secure jobs in the aviation industry, that we have safe and secure skies and that when the travelling public go to the airport, they are confident that their plane will leave," Mr Dawson said. One kilometre of the southbound lane, located three kilometres north of Capel, will be closed until December with drivers diverted to the northbound carriageway, which will operate as one lane in each direction.With heavy traffic expected in the area, local police will be on high alert.
Simple. Don’t travel.
Speaking of schools check this teacher out and what is happening at schools in Canada.
abcperth this is a really good article by Tabarak Al Jrood: well reported and balanced. But the twitter tag line is awful! 'as unions warn of travel chaos' is technically right but it implies they're at fault. How about 'as unions warn of company incompetence'.