we will bring our very big coats and a big brolly! let s take a look at today s papers. if you are heading abroad, maybe you are having struggles doing so. a number of papers, including the metro, are leading with travel chaos at airports. the paper says staff shortages have caused misery for millions , leaving families sleeping on airport floors and queuing for up to eight hours for flights. the times reports that a government source has blamed the travel disruption on airports and airlines for overcutting staff during the pandemic. it also features an image of the case protecting the mona lisa being wiped clean after a protestor smeared cake over it. ambushed with cakes, we have heard about that before! elsewhere, the daily mail reports that ministers are facing mounting pressure to cut fuel taxes further
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flight anywhere for three days. it s not just. .. flight anywhere for three days. it s notjust. i m sure i will get the holiday money back but it is also the fact that we spent 200 quid on a hotel last night, we spent 100 quid on a meal last night and probably another 150 this morning on various different things. parking gusts another 150 quid, different things. parking gusts another150 quid, i different things. parking gusts another 150 quid, i will probably never see any of that back from easyjet. the parking cost us. i am hugely disappointed in how they handled this whole situation and the position they put their customer services people here into. it’s position they put their customer services people here into. it s the money and services people here into. it s the money and the services people here into. it s the money and the disappointment. l easyjet have pre emptively had to cancel about 240 half term flights. in their words, in order to be able to provide a reliable
issues. airports are really struggling to recruit staff, cabin crew, baggage handlers, even the people who move the ramps so you can get on board. airports were like the marie celeste over covid, i know because i went to them, and they have had to go from that to full capacity quickly. easyjet have cancelled 240 flights, a similar story from other airlines, and there is reports this morning of government frustration, they say they had furlough support to retain staffing, these pinch point dates didn t come out of nowhere, what is the excuse? rapid large scale recruitment is an issue across lots of industries, we saw lots of similar scenes in ireland, amsterdam and the us so it isn tjust happening here. jubilee weekend could be where the real test comes so it could get even worse. you do have options, your airlines are obliged to get you onto another carrier as soon as possible if they