At present, the airports are short of about one-fifth of the staff. Therefore, he calls for speeding up the review process so that people can be hired faster: "The security review cannot take eight weeks, because by then, the summer vacation will be over." Manpower shortage It's not just the lack of staff on the ground. There are also "bottlenecks" in the air. For example, Lufthansa will have to cancel hundreds of flights in July due to a shortage of staff.
The union felt its position was confirmed. "It has long been clear that aggressive layoffs in many sectors of the aviation industry will have a negative impact on the recovery," said photo restoration service Stefan Herth, president of the pilots union (Cockpit). However, finding enough pilots quickly is no easy task – all over the world. Heinrich Großbongardt, an aviation expert in Hamburg, points out that in the United States, the hiring conditions for regional traffic pilots are now even better than previously thought to be optimal. Therefore, labor rights are increasing.
Deutsche Lufthansa may even face a pilot strike as management deliberately reduces the number of airliners at the parent company, moving them to a cheaper subsidiary, Eurowings, to help deliver the cost-cutting that must be done . Hard-hit during the pandemic, Lufthansa is now trying to reposition itself and hopefully get back to serving passengers quickly again. But it's difficult. Last month, Lufthansa chairman Carsten Spohr admitted: "I've had to apologize to our customers again and again for weeks; I'm afraid I'll have to do it again into the summer."