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Situation was "unacceptable". our business reporter noor nanji reports. we've seen major disruption on the railways this year. business leaders from across the north of england say that's having a negative impact on the economy. they're calling for the transport secretary to act to prevent things getting worse. if many of those who worked in the department of transport down in london had to use these trains, then it would have got sorted a long time ago. it's not good enough that those in the north of england are getting a second class service. we need the investment in the long term in better...

Often on a really packed service, because, for example, the other week i went on the trans pennine service, and my train was fine, but the two before it had been cancelled back to hull on friday, and we were all crammed like sardines in the carriage. literally, there was no room to move because everyone was stood up all the way down the aisle. you pretty much suffocated all the way through to leeds, where a lot of the commuters get off. got to the operators said? they blame high _ got to the operators said? they blame high levels _ got to the operators said? they blame high levels of _ got to ...

Enough foresight in keeping pilots current. and now there's training backlog now. in the meantime a lot of airlines say to travelers, please, be patient, they're doing everything they can to make things smooth this weekend, sara. >> all right, natasha chen, thank you. and thanks for watching. the cnn special report, trumping democracy, an american coup is next. ere, there has to be someone here making sure eveverything is saf. securere. consistent. so log in fromom here. or here. assured that someone is here ready to fix anything. anytime. anywhere. even here. that's because nobody... and i me...

Building but the staffing on the airline side has not met up with that. so a lot of staffing shortages, high demand and weather this weekend. >> a lot of people get frustrated. anybody would. myself included. because delays are a problem. the cancellations are madness. but airlines receive 54 billion in federal assistance during covid's peak to avoid involuntary layoffs. they now have fewer employees than before the pandemic. especially pilots, who are fed up because they say they're tired. i mean, what is happening on that front? >> reporter: we heard from the chair of the l.a. pilots associa...

Airplanes, all of this triggered as well as their decision to not keep pilots current, which was one of the obligations of the loans, so all of this started this training backlog and that's when we came out of the pandemic, and it has continued because management can't seem to get it right, they focused on selling the tickets and fingers crossed they can get it done and they laid it on our plates and it is not working. there are unrealistic schedules, we have pilots fatiguing out, the bottom line is passengers, they're being canceled when it shouldn't have happened. this was preventable. >> le...