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

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The Jet2 boss has hit out with a controversial remark in regards to the airport delays (Image: LNP / LT1 Media)

Workers shortages inflicting havoc at airports throughout the nation have been blamed on Brexit.

Jet2 boss Steve Heapy is alleged to have made the feedback throughout talks with Grant Shapps this week after the transport secretary rejected requires airways like BA and easyJet to have extra powers to rent visa-free staff from Europe.

Mr Heapy was rumoured to have blamed the chaos on ‘lazy Brits’, in line with The Solar.

However Jet2 says Mr Heapy ‘expressed frustrations with the present employment market’, with Brexit taking ‘lots of of 1000's, if not tens of millions of individuals out of the job market’.

The trade needs post-Brexit guidelines relaxed to allow them to rent international employees, somewhat than counting on British candidates who they are saying miss interviews.

However Mr Shapps blames the aviation trade for the issues.

Strain within the jobs market ‘doesn't excuse poor planning and overbooking flights they can't service’, he added.

A whole bunch of flights have been delayed and cancelled in latest weeks, as holidaymakers are affected by fear and confusion at most of the nation’s airports.

On Wednesday, easyJet axed 36 flights to many locations in Europe whereas Manchester Airport which has been plagued with issues has eliminated 16,000 British Airways flights as much as autumn 2022.

Steve Heapy, CEO of Jet2 STEPHEN HEAPY
Steve Heapy, CEO of Jet2, expressed his frustrations with the present employment market

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Some Brits have been accused of pretending to be disabled to get by way of airports (Image: LNP / LT1 Media)

Passengers arrive at Dublin airport on Friday morning as around 200,000 people are set to travel through the airport over the bank holiday weekend where new measures, including the installation of marquees at Terminal 1 for passengers forced to queue outside, have been deployed. Picture date: Friday June 3, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story IRISH Travel. Photo credit should read: Damien Storan/PA Wire
Airport chaos has been occurring for a lot of weeks (Image: PA)

?? Licensed to London News Pictures. 03/06/2022. Manchester, UK. Passengers queue one mile for check-in at the very busy Skylink between Terminal 2 and the railway station at Manchester Airport. Large queues are forming at airports, railway stations, ports and roads as members of the public try to escape for the Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend. Photo credit: Ioannis Alexopoulos/LNP
Queues at airports proceed to develop (Image: Ioannis Alexopoulos / LNP)

Some Brits have additionally been accused of pretending to be disabled to get by way of mammoth airport queues quicker, in line with reviews.

One insider at a gathering of trade leaders on Wednesday with Mr Shapps, stated: ‘If persons are pretending it’s probably stopping genuinely disabled individuals from getting a spot, and that’s fairly grim.’

The supply added: ‘You possibly can’t simply say to individuals ‘no, you’re mendacity’.’

One other trade boss stated: ‘There ought to be a particular place reserved in hell for individuals who faux to be disabled.’

This remark comes after a lot of passengers have been accused of pretending to be disabled to keep away from the horrific queues plaguing Britain’s journey hubs. 

In an announcement to Metro.co.uk, a Jet2 and Jet2holidays spokesperson stated: ‘Throughout a gathering with authorities and trade on Friday, Mr Heapy expressed his frustrations with the present employment market – as Brexit has taken lots of of 1000's, if not tens of millions, of individuals out of the job market and that's having an impression on many industries, together with ours.

‘To make clear, the opposite reviews being circulated are categorically not the views of Mr Heapy or our proudly UK-based firm.’

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