who move the ramps around so you get on board safely. manchester airport has repeatedly been in the headlines with massive queues holding passengers up, but the problems have also been reported at bristol and gatwick over the weekend and at lots of other airports, it s a similar story. a struggle to recruit staff and get them security cleared on time. have a look at this. this was the scene at manchester airport yesterday. look at that queue! and this was bristol over the weekend. imagine that if you re the kind of person who hates being packed into a crowd. and on top of airport staffing issues, we re also seeing the airlines cancel flights. now, andy was offered an alternative flight when his was called off, but that just didn t work with his booked accommodation. so that s it, his first family holiday in three years isn t happening. we said we d fly anywhere, we ll fly anywhere that you can get us to. no flights anywhere for three days. it s not just. .. i m sure that i ll get the m
this is happening in many parts of the world. we ve heard in the last few days about dublin airport and amsterdam close to home, but if you look around the internet, you can see rapidly the us has had problems. australia, other parts of europe. this shows the industry as a whole is really struggling to get back to normal staffing levels. we saw restrictions on travel removed quite late in the normal period of planning to resource up for peak season. and it s not a matter of putting a job advert out and recruiting people straight off the street. complicated training is required. security vetting is required processes become much more complicated. and when airlines and airports earn no money for two years, they didn t actually have the financial means to do that in advance or proactively when they were simply bleeding, basically. let s speak now to andy prendergast who s national secretary at the gmb union airport security and ground staff and those who work at airport shops and restaura