Re:Ask HN: How is the remote vs in-person trend looking?
by terminatornet on Monday June 27, 2022 @07:02PM
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It takes more than pilots to run an airline, you need flight attendants, maintenance crew, ticketing agents. If pilot staffing issues due to training and early retirements then why did airlines that removed mask mandates see staff shortages first?
> An EasyJet spokesperson attributed the increase in cancelled flights to "higher than usual staff sickness levels" due to a recent surge in COVID-19 cases across Europe.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/airlines-face-mask-covid-rules-...
That's a leap. My understanding is that airlines are affected by the same thing every other employer is seeing -- they can't hire. It might be exacerbated by the fact that airlines reduced/eliminated their training pipeline. For example:
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/15/us-pilot-shortage-forces-air...
> The pandemic exacerbated a pilot shortage by slowing down training, hiring and creating a wave of early retirements.
> Airlines offered pilots early retirements to cut labor bills during the depths of the pandemic.
> The process to become airline-qualified in the U.S. is lengthy and expensive, making the barrier to entry high.