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Jet2 boss blames airport hell on Brexit 'taking millions out of the job market'

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Jet2 boss Steve Heapy is said to have made the comments during talks with Grant Shapps this week after the transport secretary rejected calls for airlines like BA and easyJet to have more powers to hire visa-free workers from Europe.

Staff shortages causing havoc at airports across the country have been blamed onBut Jet2 says Mr Heapy ‘expressed frustrations with the current employment market’, with Brexit taking ‘hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people out of the job market’.

On Wednesday, easyJet axed 36 flights to many destinations in Europe while Manchester Airport which has been plagued with problems has removed 16,000 British Airways flights up to autumn 2022.

 

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Maybe he should ask whether the chaos in not caused by offering workes 17000 while he himself earns 835000. Better wages jet2tweets livingwage

Obviously nothing to do with the 102 pilots and 380 cabin crew they made redundant 18 months ago.

How does Brexit explains similar staff shortages and long queues at Schipol?

Force people from our own dole queue , It's just an excuse to hire cheap foreign labour

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