Originally Posted by
atflyer
Any reference for that, Netherlines? I'd say the pics of people queuing way outside the airport today, the limited number of screening lanes open, and the analysis of the problems with the runway system with NE winds and Aalsmeer out is convincing enough these are the main problems. I flew back and forth to Colombia between 10-31 May, and on my travel dates there was not any problem, not any signal KLM was vastly understaffed and had to cut flights for that reason alone.
All industries in NL are currently severely understaffed. There are more job vacancies right now than there are active jobseekers.
I would imagine the horror stories in the news are hardly a great recruitment tool for airport and airline workers. Anecdotally, it also appears that a much larger proportion of staff are reporting as sick.