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DFW Airport worker shortage threatens to crimp the summer travel recovery
DFW Airport worker shortage threatens to crimp the summer travel recovery
Store and restaurant owners say they need hundreds of workers this summer or there will be long lines for food and retail goods.
Star Concessions sales associates (from left) Helene Nkenyero, Sydney Brock and Marie Harris Brick wait on Nitin Odedara during a soft opening of the Cake Bar. The Trinity Groves bakery is one of several new restaurants and stores opening in the Terminal D Extension at DFW International Airport on Thursday.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)
The summer travel recovery may be cramped by a critical shortage of workers on the ground.
“A peace has sort of started to wash over me that maybe I start to go back to doing what I love,” said furloughed American Airlines Flight Attendant Leset Galvan.
In addition to billions in relief for the airlines, the stimulus package also offers new funding for the Paycheck Protection Program. The funding is especially critical for DFW restaurants who have been hard hit by the pandemic and are now doing their best to stay profitable during the recent surge in cases.
“It makes a world of difference because our goal has been to keep our staff and their hours,” said Larisa Ruiz, Office Manager at Bugatti Ristorante in Dallas.