In addition to barbecues and fireworks, this Fourth of July weekend is expected to feature a bevy of flight cancellations and delays.
Nearly 1,000 flights into, out of, or within the United States were canceled on Monday, and some 7,400 more were delayed. The numbers were similar on Sunday. As of late Tuesday afternoon, 574 flights had already been canceled and 2,300 delayed.
Calio jabbed at the Federal Aviation Administration for problems with the air traffic control system, saying issues originating there “were a factor in at least one-third of recent cancellations.” Mark Meader, senior vice president of industry affairs and education at the American Society of Travel Advisors, told the Washington Examiner that the factors behind the recent delays and cancellations are both staffing shortages at airlines and, to some degree, staffing shortages with the FAA.
Now that airlines are working to hire and retain staff, some pilots are using the leverage to demand better pay, protections, and scheduling. Off-duty Delta Air Lines pilots at several airports are planning to picket on Thursday just as the holiday travel begins. They are hoping to resume contract negotiations that were paused indefinitely during the pandemic.
It’s not just a lack of pilots and flight crews that is causing issues. Support staff — for instance, the workers who load bags onto planes — are harder to come by now than before the pandemic, so the combination of shortages of various positions is causing snarls with efficiently moving a plane from one destination to another on time.
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