Air travel is a mess ...... only because human beings allow it to be a mess ........if everyone came together ........which will never happen ......if they stopped flying .........which they will never .......... and the airlines know this .......... that people will travel ....so the game........ it's a a numbers game ........just like poeple use gas ......they know you will uses gas so they can up...... and down the price when they want ........until such times human beings get together in one massive collaboration ....which will never ever ....... and i mean ever ......happen .....people will be used ....... and controlled by the powerful ......until man gets the idea to stand up against the powerful ........airline companies know that people will travel ......incidentally at any given times there are about one million people appprox in the air at one time .....over american airpsace ........so go figure that times the price of a ticket ......the whole airline industry is despicable ......disgusting .....the stewardesses or flying waitressesas i commonly call them........ are older...... more worn looking ...tired .....and less tolerant of todays idiots flying ......pilots are no longer the stars of the airlines ......used to be the pilot was the man .....not now ......and not too mention ......the luggage situation........not exactly the brightest bastards on the planet ....how much skill do you need to move a fucking suitcase....... for fuck sake ....i mean it does not require a college degree to lift a suitcase........ and place it down gently ......really think about it ......how much training do you need ...unlike a pilot .......thousands get lost ...the useless cunts done it to me .......its a mess .....and as long as there are people paying to fly ....... they will not stop .........its a numbers game like i say .........it used to be fun to fly ....great times ....... hot stewradesses ........ and good food ......now they throw you nuts ....and you get a shitty meal ....all in a bid to cut costs and boost profits for the CEO .....so he can fuck his secretary on his yacht .........thats the bottom line here folks .....CEO's ....the poisonous ........greedy ......... bastards .....they want bigger salaries for their bigger houses ........ and their kids colleges ........and of course the wives demands .......and who suffers ......well shit always rolls downhill .....and eventually you ....the customer ......you pays for it............
Air travel is a mess. Can it be fixed?
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What’s happening
Air travel in the United States has been a mess of cancellations, delays and confusion in recent months as short-staffed airlines struggle to keep up with travelers looking to make up for two years of missed vacations caused by the pandemic.
Between Thursday and Monday alone, more than 2,200 flights across the country were canceled and more than 26,000 were delayed, according to the flight tracking service FlightAware. Those disruptions came as airports dealt with the highest volume of travelers they’ve seen since the start of the pandemic. The Transportation Security Administration processed nearly 2.5 million people on Friday, the most in a single day since February 2020. As chaotic as the July 4 weekend was for travelers, it was actually smoother than some other recent holiday periods.
Last month Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg met with airline executives to urge them to “scrutinize” schedules to complete as many flights as possible during peak summer travel season. Several major airlines have reduced their daily flight offerings in an effort to limit the number of cancellations and delays.
The core of the problem, experts say, is that while the number of travelers has bounced back close to pre-pandemic rates, staffing levels have not. Despite receiving $54 billion in pandemic relief funds to help retain employees, airlines are still scrambling to fill their ranks with enough pilots, flight attendants, baggage handlers and customer service representatives. Airlines have also blamed disruptions on staffing shortages at air traffic control, which is run by the Federal Aviation Administration, though the agency denies the claim.
Why there’s debate
Most experts say there’s no quick fix to resolve airlines’ staffing shortages because of the tight labor market and the lengthy training period needed to get critical workers up to speed — especially pilots.
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