The unions of safety and baggage companies are claiming a reduction in the number of flights in order to unclog the site, which suffers from a lack of staff.
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The situation is complicated at Amsterdam-Schiphol airport, where an influx of travelers combined with a lack of personnel has created a chaotic situation since the end of April. During the last hours, the security services have been completely overwhelmed and, in the evening of Sunday, May 22, fights broke out, causing a work stoppage of the employees responsible for surveillance. They had been threatened by travelers.
A CTSN company manager, in charge of airport security, detailed, on Monday, May 23, a “very dangerous” situation, which completely degenerated and endangered, according to him, employees and the public Who was massaged in front of the control stations and worried to miss the takeoff. Noting the closure of several files, passengers got angry and came to hands between them, then with the police. It seems that some travelers were able to escape controls before boarding.
Monday, the airport management admitted to having been confronted with “an incident” which required the intervention of the police, as security agents felt threatened. “We are going to do everything to make the passengers take their flight,” she said. On Monday, the wait before boarding seemed, however, still as long. And, on Twitter, the images of a passed out security agent circulated.
“make tasks more attractive”
Following incidents that occurred at the start of the Easter holidays, with a baggage strike at the end, the boss of the airport, Dick Benschop, had promised negotiation with private companies responsible for controls, surveillance surveillance and the delivery of luggage. Faced with a glaring lack of staff, they try, in vain, to convince their employees to work overtime. The normal framework in Schiphol, all sectors combined, is 5,000 employees, and there would still be at least 10 %. The unions have denounced for years a privatization strategy, which, according to them, could only lead to the current situation.
“We today had long conversations with management and companies, in order to make tasks at the airport more attractive, explained on Monday, Joost Van Doesburg, of the FNV union. Result. “According to this manager, recent episodes will not help to motivate candidates, who can find an equivalent salary in other activity branches, where the pressure is, moreover, less strong. The pandemic of COVID-19 also accentuated the exodus of the staff to sectors who also knew a traditional lack of workforce.
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