Moest Zaventem vertragingen hebben buiten Europa, zou nogal raar geweest zijn.
Verbaast mij (en waarschijnlijk iedereen) niet. Heb vroeger op Zaventem gewerkt en heb nog steeds contact met enkele collega’s, met nog steeds dezelfde verhalen als jaren geleden. Overal personeelstekort en slecht beheer.
Momenteel is het grootste probleem dat ze steeds meer en meer onbekwame mensen aannemen om het tekort op te vullen. Zo zijn er veel werknemers die maar 1 taal spreken en dus constant hulp zoeken voor vertalingen, of gewoonweg mensen niet helpen en dan weglopen omdat ze “een dringende oproep hebben”.
Ook gebeurt het steeds meer en meer dat werknemers veel te laat of zelfs niet komen opdagen zonder iemand te verwittigen, waardoor de planning van de shiften een chaos is. Dit ligt voornamelijk aan de mentaliteit van de werknemers, maar het management reageert hier zelden omdat ze zo veel mensen te kort hebben.
De problemen zijn er al lang en het ziet er naar uit dat het nog zeer lang zal duren.
The problem isn’t the airport in my opinion it’s just the airlines being banditos. Air Arabia and SAS both cancelled our flights from Morocco to Malaga and then to Sweden with less than 20 hours notice. Bought those tickets 6 months ago, had to put down more than €1500 for last minute tickets now and the best option was through My old hometown Brussels because it’s an essential transport hub providing most options, at least in our case.
Flew to Brussels with another air Arabia flight – go figure, spent the night on the Zaventem floor, and was luckily able to find tickets after 4 hours of googling, to another Swedish city to take a train from there.
Contacted every airline through those balies at the back of check in 3-5 and the answer is simple; dossierke online opmaken and hope for the best, we can’t do anything from here and everything is fully booked.
These are the same airline companies that got pandemic relief, still sacked half of their staff and refuses to re-hire the same people, leading to overbooked flights, striking staff, and really just a huge backlog.
The same is probably true for Zaventem staff but really they’re not the ones that cancel flights with less than a days’ notice, leaving the airports to deal with the stranded people, luggage, and the scheduling consequences these things have.
You pay peanuts, you get monkeys. There’s a lot of people doing their stinking best to get as many flights out as possible, but the aftershocks of the pandemic are still very tangible.
If the terms and conditions you offer are shit (mediocre pay, split-shifts, hard physical labour,…), you shouldn’t be all *surprised Pikachu* when you don’t manage to find enough people to do the jobs that need to be done.
Pay people a decent wage, make it worth their while.
And for fuck’s sake, make a statement and stop the race to the bottom.
But no, it’s all about record profits and as much money as possible for the shareholders.
Luckily I don’t have a trip planned as my vacation was in February. Being four age at your old scout group while you still know current leaders is a cheap fun vacation.
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Moest Zaventem vertragingen hebben buiten Europa, zou nogal raar geweest zijn.
Verbaast mij (en waarschijnlijk iedereen) niet. Heb vroeger op Zaventem gewerkt en heb nog steeds contact met enkele collega’s, met nog steeds dezelfde verhalen als jaren geleden. Overal personeelstekort en slecht beheer.
Momenteel is het grootste probleem dat ze steeds meer en meer onbekwame mensen aannemen om het tekort op te vullen. Zo zijn er veel werknemers die maar 1 taal spreken en dus constant hulp zoeken voor vertalingen, of gewoonweg mensen niet helpen en dan weglopen omdat ze “een dringende oproep hebben”.
Ook gebeurt het steeds meer en meer dat werknemers veel te laat of zelfs niet komen opdagen zonder iemand te verwittigen, waardoor de planning van de shiften een chaos is. Dit ligt voornamelijk aan de mentaliteit van de werknemers, maar het management reageert hier zelden omdat ze zo veel mensen te kort hebben.
De problemen zijn er al lang en het ziet er naar uit dat het nog zeer lang zal duren.
The problem isn’t the airport in my opinion it’s just the airlines being banditos. Air Arabia and SAS both cancelled our flights from Morocco to Malaga and then to Sweden with less than 20 hours notice. Bought those tickets 6 months ago, had to put down more than €1500 for last minute tickets now and the best option was through My old hometown Brussels because it’s an essential transport hub providing most options, at least in our case.
Flew to Brussels with another air Arabia flight – go figure, spent the night on the Zaventem floor, and was luckily able to find tickets after 4 hours of googling, to another Swedish city to take a train from there.
Contacted every airline through those balies at the back of check in 3-5 and the answer is simple; dossierke online opmaken and hope for the best, we can’t do anything from here and everything is fully booked.
These are the same airline companies that got pandemic relief, still sacked half of their staff and refuses to re-hire the same people, leading to overbooked flights, striking staff, and really just a huge backlog.
The same is probably true for Zaventem staff but really they’re not the ones that cancel flights with less than a days’ notice, leaving the airports to deal with the stranded people, luggage, and the scheduling consequences these things have.
You pay peanuts, you get monkeys. There’s a lot of people doing their stinking best to get as many flights out as possible, but the aftershocks of the pandemic are still very tangible.
If the terms and conditions you offer are shit (mediocre pay, split-shifts, hard physical labour,…), you shouldn’t be all *surprised Pikachu* when you don’t manage to find enough people to do the jobs that need to be done.
Pay people a decent wage, make it worth their while.
And for fuck’s sake, make a statement and stop the race to the bottom.
But no, it’s all about record profits and as much money as possible for the shareholders.
Luckily I don’t have a trip planned as my vacation was in February. Being four age at your old scout group while you still know current leaders is a cheap fun vacation.