“What is going on, on a day-to-day basis, is a wasteful use of the pilot resources they have.' Southwest Airlines pilots are frustrated over with shortages, cancellations, fatigue and unpredictable work shifts.
“We’ve been under a lot of stress for the past year," a union representative said.Luke Sharrett / Bloomberg via Getty Images fileSouthwest Airlines pilots on Friday added themselves to the list of disgruntled commercial aviators dealing with labor shortages, cancellations, fatigue and unpredictable work shifts.
He said many pilots arrive at work scheduled to fly to one destination only to receive a late reassignment notification instructing them to fly elsewhere, and in many cases, it's a longer flight, which has led pilots feeling fatigued and frustrated.
“We have been working on our days off, flying a record amount of overtime to help you get to your destination,” the letter states. “At the current rate, by this fall, our pilots will have flown more overtime in 2022 than in the entirety of 2018 and 2019 combined, our busiest years to date.
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