Warning of disruption on airport strike days
Earlie this month, Home Secretary Suella Braverman said people should "think carefully" about their travel plans on strike days.
But there are fears that delays in checking the passports of arriving passengers could lead to long queues and even people being held on planes, disrupting subsequent departures.The union said its officers get five weeks training to do their jobs yet many of the stand-in staff have been given one week.
"You can't seriously expect people who have been trained for a day, or even a week, to do the job of officers with five weeks' training and many years experience," a PCS spokesperson said. Officials have refused to disclose the number of replacement staff or the length of training they have received.It is the first Christmas since 2019 that airlines have been able to operate without Covid restrictions and up to two million passengers are expected to arrive between 23 and 31 December at the airports where the strikes will take place, according to aviation analytics firm Cirium.
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