Problems within the aviation industry have caused many flights to be delayed, and cancelled, leaving many travelers frustrated and stranded.
Tens of thousands of last-minute flight delays or cancellations that have been happening this year. Maybe you’ve experienced one yourself. But what you may not know is that these cancellations are a result of old problems within the aviation industry that are just now boiling over. Problems that date back decades, which COVID then turned into a crisis. Henry Harteveldt is a travel industry analyst at Atmosphere Research Group.
As new pilots still go through years of training, older pilots are aging out of their roles. The Federal Aviation Administration mandates retirement for commercial airline pilots at the age of 65. That law was passed in 2007 to move the limit from 60 up to 65, hoping to make up for the shortage at the time. There’s already been a discussion of moving it again. But Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg has stated that isn’t the Biden administration’s focus.
"So the FAA requires pilots to have a minimum of 10 hours of rest a night between their last trip of the day and their first trip of the next day. The pilots who are working say that they are working longer hours, they are tired and they are concerned about fatigue. And that is legitimate. You know, you don't want a tired pilot getting behind the wheel of the wheel at the controls of a plane," Harteveldt said.
And meanwhile, in the U.S., these talks have been dragging on for years. The negotiation process for pilots is unusually complicated, and it’s very difficult for pilots to legally strike in the U.S. the federal government can prevent strikes and labor disputes that would interrupt interstate commerce. And that includes transit workers.
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