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Flight delays, cancellations across US could continue for next decade due to staffing shortages: report
NY Post ^ | 07/26/2023 | Yaron Steinbuch

Posted on 07/26/2023 9:35:31 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

The recent spate of flight delays and cancellations may persist for as much as a decade — due to a shortage of some 32,000 pilots, mechanics and air traffic controllers, as well as “unrealistic scheduling” by airlines, according to an investigative report.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told CBS News his office is investigating several airlines for what a rep called “unrealistic scheduling,” which leads to a carrier’s inability to provide the expected service to the flying public.

Experts said the trend in staffing issues suggests that the problem could get a lot worse before it gets better — and could affect travelers for another decade.

“Some of the predictions I’m hearing is that the pilot shortage won’t be resolved until 2032 or something like that,” Dean Headley, one of the data and industry experts, told CBS News.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cancellations; delays; flight; shortages
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To: ladyjane

Yes, and some retired early. I don’t know about rehiring the personnel let go.


21 posted on 07/26/2023 9:55:08 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: ChicagoConservative27

There is no such thing as a labor shortage, there are only wage shortages.


22 posted on 07/26/2023 9:58:39 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

When an illegal walks across the border, how long does it take to get them certified to fly commercial jets? Should just be a rubber stamp on a piece of paper, right?


23 posted on 07/26/2023 10:01:17 AM PDT by Bernard ("No matter where you go, there you are." (Buckaroo Banzai))
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To: V_TWIN

There have been a few losses already, but they just weren’t attributed to diversity.


24 posted on 07/26/2023 10:08:55 AM PDT by CodeToad (No Arm up! They have!)
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To: No name given

“Maybe now they’ll ditch the DEI nonsense.”

If things proceed as normal they will double down on it. They believe their policies only fail if there isn’t enough money spent on them.


25 posted on 07/26/2023 10:12:18 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: ladyjane

Yes, that is exactly what happened. There have been a number that can’t get medical clearance because of heart issues.


26 posted on 07/26/2023 10:12:59 AM PDT by Dartoid
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“My ex-wife was tarded, she’s a pilot now.”


27 posted on 07/26/2023 10:13:27 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Those who owe the cartels for getting them here just found work thanks to Biden and party.

What could possibly go wrong.


28 posted on 07/26/2023 10:21:09 AM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Offer fewer flights. Less flights, more staff to go around. Sheesh! 🛫✈🛬


29 posted on 07/26/2023 10:27:14 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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To: EEGator

Staff shortages as many did not want to take a dangerous vaccine.


30 posted on 07/26/2023 10:32:06 AM PDT by rovenstinez ( )
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To: willk

Frankly, YES.

Pilots and air traffic controllers were the first people required to get the Covid Vax. Many chose to retire early than take the vaccine. Secondly, many that chose to take the vax started having heart problems. So, they then had to retire.
Lastly, there are not as many ex military pilots as there used to be.

FYI, many of those pilots that chose to retire early are still flying. They just are not flying for the airlines. There are many jobs available to fly corporate and rich people around.


31 posted on 07/26/2023 10:32:12 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: EEGator

I think a big part of it is 65 year olds are last part of baby boomers. Pilots.


32 posted on 07/26/2023 10:43:50 AM PDT by stanne
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To: stanne

True. Almost all I know were prior military as well.
I like going to foreign countries, but I’ll see how that goes moving forward.
No vax requirements only.
I still have some European places I would like to go to.


33 posted on 07/26/2023 10:49:44 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I have not flown since 9-11/TSA. I hated flying before that (had to for work on occasion) so giving up flying was a relief, not a sacrifice.


34 posted on 07/26/2023 10:58:28 AM PDT by Qiviut (I'm not out of control, I'm just not in their control. $hot $hills: Sod Off)
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To: central_va
There is no such thing as a labor shortage, there are only wage shortages.

Some are some caveats. There are some types of labor that only a select few can actually do. There is a limit to available talent at any price.

Also, wages are short term whereas some careers such as commercial pilot have a narrow path with knowledge and skills that don't transfer to other industries. It's not just a wage shortage, it's also career risks or the lack of a viable career progression. The current pay may be okay but the future might be in serious doubt.

Once the airlines mandated the Jim Jones Jab, forcing pilots to choose between risking their health or losing their income with no options to transfer into other careers with those skills, many potential pilots have no desire to start down a very narrow career path where an employer could again force them into the same decision. That's not a wage shortage, that's a shortage of suckers.

35 posted on 07/26/2023 1:10:21 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: EEGator

Correct, the FAA has run out of straight White men.

https://mslegal.org/2019/02/fight-escalates-over-race-based-hiring-program-at-the-faa/


36 posted on 07/26/2023 1:12:56 PM PDT by armourenthusiast (I capitalize everything related to South)
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To: armourenthusiast

I thought about becoming an ATC back in in 2003.
I visited an en Route center in Hilliard FL.
Every man had a gut and took numerous smoke breaks.
That was that.
I was USAF at the time and qualified for PJ Indoc.
Unhealthy wasn’t my scene…


37 posted on 07/26/2023 1:19:11 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Mandatory kill shots will do that.


38 posted on 07/26/2023 3:44:02 PM PDT by Old Yeller
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Not to worry most airlines are adopting the DEI program so a dumba## of the right color will be piloting you to your death


39 posted on 07/26/2023 4:59:07 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
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