A pilot shortage that’s been brewing for years adds to the summer travel chaos
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on July 2, 2022
The number of new pilots entering the industry is below the demand. (Photo by Nelson Almeida/AFP via Getty Images)
High gas prices. Bad weather. Too many people traveling.
Those are some of the factors causing travel chaos this summer, but a shortage of pilots that has been brewing for years has also added strain to the industry.
“The problem at airlines is, when you’re short on ramp staff, when you’re short on ops agents, it just delays flights,” Captain Casey Murray, president of the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, said. “But when you . . .
