Are the pilots sometimes the last to understand the cancellation?
Senior stewardess Kristie Koerbel Published in The New York Timesthere are also some interesting little animals about airlines as a business.
Koerbel wrote that it is wise to download the app for the airline you are flying or the airline you are trying to fly, that is, “In some cases, you will know that the flight will be cancelled before the pilot even knows it.” She also said that travelers can use the app to track luggage, whereabouts of upcoming flights, and rebooking.
Another interesting fact? That’s why you get cold in your short sleeves.
“It’s a flight attendant’s secret: sometimes we intentionally keep the airplane cold. For those who fight the breath, heat makes things worse. We don’t want anyone to use those sick sacks,” Koerbel wrote.
Koerbel tied some flight cancellations to a fact that many people in the travel industry already know – how long can the crew occupants work.
“There is no common sense that pilots have time limits on their working hours, which usually take 12 to 16 hours,” Koerbel wrote. “Other than being unsafe, our flight time is illegal than that. If your flight crew is delayed and hit that time, it doesn’t matter if you have somewhere, and by the time we’re done, we’ve done it. Now, we don’t have many spare crews, and your flight may be cancelled.”
The labor shortages at airlines and airports are not all related to flight attendants and pilots.
“Now we have short and overworked people,” she wrote. “Not only pilots and pilots, but also ground crews. You probably won’t think about ground crews, and without them, no one can park the plane, fly a jet bridge so you can board, get out, load your luggage and get your bags back, or scan your boarding pass.”
All of these airline acquisitions or employee cuts during the pandemic have returned home as workers are busy leaving the airline industry. There is a problem with the airline industry when Amazon and Uber offer comparable pay with low-paid ground staff.