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Old Jan 9, 2022 | 10:47 pm
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Originally Posted by greenpau
There is a lot of tension over the reduced staffing at the moment and that’s the real biggest issue that needs to be resolved to return to full service on Polaris. I mentioned this in another thread, but the staffing for the high-J 767 “76L” is a major issues for the union and some crews out of EWR and LHR where this fleet type runs a lot of the schedule, and it’s creating work-to-rule issues with some FAs on the way service is delivered (i.e. no PDB, no pre-meal tray drink, etc).
I wonder if this isn’t the real driver of the decline of Polaris service. Three of my last four Polaris flights were on the high J 767, and all were plagued with disappearing staff. Not a surprise, I guess.
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