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Potatohead's avatar

Pilots are one part of the issue. There's also going to be a shortage of everyone else that affects whether a plane takes off or is delayed/cancelled. The guy that loads/unloads your bags. The guy who pumps fuel. The people that clean the plane. The people who check you in. The people at the gate. The maintenance people for the planes. The flight crew.

We can't find people to make a coffee at Starbucks or put carts away at the grocery store. We aren't going to find people to do the non pilot stuff either.

How about part shortages for planes? Manufacturing is getting slammed with part shortages. We're a little more fault tolerant when it comes to a broken pump or valve. How many planes get grounded due to scrambling to find parts and someone to fix it.

There's a lot going on in these systems and we're only starting to see it. Go stay at a moderately high end hotel and just look at what's broken and not being fixed or cleaned.

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Johnny Dollar's avatar

They're selling because they're not admitting the staff shortages are due to the you know what?

Here in Canada, we have an added feature created by the government: Mandates and apps. Plus the short staff. Yet, people are making plans as if nothing. Hard to get a handle on what's happening.

Once again, I seem to be the only one around my circle that is calculating it may not be the best time travel. But people seem to really, really want to travel as if it's a necessity. I think we have bigger problems than satisfying our self-entitlement desires. But that's me. What do I know?

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