Anonymous ID: d2850a June 23, 2022, 5:52 p.m. No.16497282   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Airlines have second highest monthly employee total in last 21 years

So, whats up with "Unexplained Absences" and "Staffing Shortages" causing all these delays and cancelled flights?

 

State of play: Airlines say they're straining to keep up in part because they don't have enough staff to deal with a surge in leisure travelers.

Yes, but: The airline industry had 751,165 employees as of April, according to the Department of Transportation, up from a pandemic low of 673,663 in November 2020.

That's the second-highest monthly total in the last 21 years, trailing only February 2020’s 753,382.

 

https://www.axios.com/2022/06/23/airline-delays-cancellations-united-american

https://archive.ph/yGUfw

https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Employment/

(interesting site, surprised that FedEx is a full third of the number)

https://archive.ph/4gMyY