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Australian air travellers have been warned to expect more disruptions over the next 12 months, as the industry scrambles to fill critical worker shortages ahead of the July school holidays.He says there will still be staff shortages during the next school holidays
Employers are rushing to fill 5,000 job vacancies around the Sydney Airport precinct, which shed 15,000 jobs during the border shutdown. "I think you're going to see airports struggling for staffing and recruitment for the next 12 months." Last Thursday, a Qantas flight from Dallas to Sydney was cancelled at 2am, due to an engineering issue, leaving many to sleep on the airport's floor, including some of the Gaudin family."When the [kids] woke up, they were cranky, hungry, a little bit confused."Qantas has apologised for the inconvenience caused to passengers on the flight.
"We've got a lot of confidence leading in to the school holidays [that] we'll see a different outcome."Long queues faced travellers at Sydney Airport on the long weekend in June.
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