Another Schiphol Airport staff shortage looming as engineer union sounds alarm
1 year, 10 months ago

Another Schiphol Airport staff shortage looming as engineer union sounds alarm

NL Times  

Schiphol Airport may soon face another staff shortage. Due to aging and a lack of enthusiasm among young people for technical professions, there will soon not be enough aviation technicians and ground engineers to keep airplanes maintained and flying, the aviation engineers’ union NVLT warned. “The NVLT is deeply concerned about the increasing shortage of aviation technicians in the Netherlands,” the union said. “These are not concerns for the distant future because if no action is taken before 2025, the shortages of aviation technicians could already lead to serious stagnation in airline flight schedules.” Staff shortages will initially result in higher work pressure, which may lead to a potential threat to continued flight safety. And the line maintenance work outside on the platforms requires working in all weather conditions.” Due to the harsh working conditions and high demand for technically trained personnel throughout the Dutch labor market, more employees leave aviation within the first five years.

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Schiphol workers worried about handling summer crowds
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Schiphol workers worried about handling summer crowds

NL Times  

Schiphol Airport is still struggling with staff shortages, and 88 percent of employees are, therefore, worried about handling the summer crowds this year, trade union FNV found in a survey of 427 employees. Schiphol security guard and FNV member Chiyo Blumming told NOS that she gets an email almost every day asking if she would like to work an extra …

Schiphol wants to spend more money on service quality, could increase ticket prices
1 year, 3 months ago

Schiphol wants to spend more money on service quality, could increase ticket prices

NL Times  

Schiphol wants to structurally spend more money on the quality of services at the airport. This was stated by interim chief executive Ruud Sondag and top financial officer Robert Carsouw during a press conference on the half-year figures. However, according to the Authority for Consumer Protection and Market Economy, the adjusted fees are "not unreasonable" for the airlines, as the …

Schiphol holds job fair, more than 1300 visitors expected
1 year, 10 months ago

Schiphol holds job fair, more than 1300 visitors expected

NL Times  

Schiphol expects more than 1,300 visitors at the job fair the airport is holding on Saturday to recruit much-needed additional staff. Around 50 employers, including major handling companies such as Swissport and Aviapartner, will attend the event and provide information about vacancies. During the busy May holidays and summer, Schiphol may still have to limit the number of daily departures. …

Schiphol needs 800 more security guards by April to return to normal; Airlines sceptical
2 years ago

Schiphol needs 800 more security guards by April to return to normal; Airlines sceptical

NL Times  

By April 2023, Schiphol intends to recruit 800 additional security guards to work at the airport. Last month, Schiphol already announced that it would increase the hourly wages for security guards at the airport by 2.50 euros. The airport is facing "a great challenge" to accomplish the recruitment of 800 more guards while retaining current staff, union leader Joost van …

Schiphol handling more passengers next month; Expect long lines on peak days
2 years, 4 months ago

Schiphol handling more passengers next month; Expect long lines on peak days

NL Times  

Schiphol will allow more departing passengers again from next week. The airport’s security checkpoint will be better staffed in August, so Schiphol is sticking to the plan to allow up to 73,000 passengers to depart daily, De Telegraaf reports. Despite the more wiggle room, Schiphol expects that there will still be long lines on peak travel days. “Friday, Sunday, and …

Schiphol workforce grows by 400, but many vacancies remain
2 years, 5 months ago

Schiphol workforce grows by 400, but many vacancies remain

NL Times  

Schiphol’s desperate search for new employees to fill staff shortages at the airport bears some fruit. Staff shortages, mainly in baggage handling and security, have regularly caused massively long queues at Schiphol since the start of the May vacation. Despite these new additions to the Schiphol workforce, there are still many open vacancies at the airport. “Per profession, it’s 100 …

Travel industry workers could fill staffing gaps at Schiphol this summer
2 years, 6 months ago

Travel industry workers could fill staffing gaps at Schiphol this summer

NL Times  

Employees of travel agencies and other travel organizations may be able to assist at Schiphol this summer to help manage crowds. Travel industry association ANVR and trade unions FNV and CNV are looking at the possibilities of quickly getting hundreds of employees working temporarily at the airport. The parties, therefore, quickly want to meet with Schiphol to make concrete agreements …

Schiphol strike threat still on the table as union talks continue
2 years, 6 months ago

Schiphol strike threat still on the table as union talks continue

NL Times  

Schiphol is scrambling to find solutions to the crowds and staff shortages it's facing, all under the looming threat of a strike if it doesn't present a plan that suits trade union FNV by tomorrow. After chaos at the airport last summer, when "everything that could go wrong did go wrong," FNV warned Schiphol CEO Dick Benschop that something had …

Busy arrival day expected at Schiphol due to Ascension Day long weekend
2 years, 6 months ago

Busy arrival day expected at Schiphol due to Ascension Day long weekend

NL Times  

Many passengers are expected again at Schiphol Airport on Sunday, because many people are returning after a long Ascension Day weekend. At the beginning of the May holiday, chaos ensued at the airport due to a strike caused by angry employees about the workload, which is high due to staff shortages. The coronavirus pandemic cost many airport staff their jobs …

Army won't help out at Schiphol yet
2 years, 7 months ago

Army won't help out at Schiphol yet

NL Times  

For the time being, the army will not assist at Schiphol as parliamentarian Wybren van Haga and the association for travel agencies ANVR requested. ANVR director Frank Oostdam told RTL Nieuws that the Cabinet should consider temporarily deploying the armed forces "to get through this rough period." Parliamentarian Wybren van Haga said that Schiphol airport, "which is of national importance …

Schiphol must prevent future chaos: Harbers
2 years, 7 months ago

Schiphol must prevent future chaos: Harbers

NL Times  

Minister Mark Harbers visited Schiphol Airport Saturday, urging the airport to do everything in its power to ensure the chaos of recent weeks does not repeat itself. Staff shortages and working conditions must be addressed, he said, according to the NOS. Although the coronavirus pandemic caused setbacks and there is currently a personnel shortage across many sectors, Harbers said this …

Schiphol open to compensating airlines: industry assoc.
2 years, 7 months ago

Schiphol open to compensating airlines: industry assoc.

NL Times  

Schiphol will "look positively" at a claim for compensation by airlines for the delays over the past few days. The airport promised this in discussion with Barin, the industry association for airlines in the Netherlands, said chairman Marnix Fruitema. Fruitema said that all 38 airlines affiliated with Barin support the plan to claim damages from Schiphol. Then they'll also talk …

Schiphol boss apologizes for airport turmoil, but more flights diverted this weekend
2 years, 7 months ago

Schiphol boss apologizes for airport turmoil, but more flights diverted this weekend

NL Times  

Schiphol director Dick Benschop has apologized to travelers for the problems that arose at the airport in recent weeks. However, hiring and training security guards takes 12 weeks, also because background checks have to be completed before they are allowed to work at the airport. As a result, some flights will also have to divert to Rotterdam The Hague Airport …

Schiphol fails to limit passenger numbers to target
2 years, 7 months ago

Schiphol fails to limit passenger numbers to target

NL Times  

Schiphol has not succeeded in limiting the number of travelers at the airport on Sunday as planned in order to relieve the workload of the staff. The airport was in talks with airlines about ways to reduce the flow of passengers in order to relieve the workload for staff at Schiphol. IATA, the international trade association of airlines, previously indicated …

Schiphol working conditions unsafe & unhealthy, union says
4 years ago

Schiphol working conditions unsafe & unhealthy, union says

NL Times  

Due to Schiphol always focusing on cutting costs to remain the cheapest airport, employees there are working in unsafe and unhealthy conditions, trade union FNV said to Trouw after surveying 1,100 of its members who work at Schiphol. Almost half the surveyed employees said they work in areas where they breathe in dust and exhaust fumes, the union said. Others …

Schiphol plans job cuts, calls for coordinated international response on air travel
4 years, 3 months ago

Schiphol plans job cuts, calls for coordinated international response on air travel

Dutch News  

The Schiphol Airport group plans to cut its workforce of 3,000 by several hundred jobs after booking a loss of €246m in the first six months of this year. In addition, building work on a new terminal has been delayed for at least two years as the coronavirus epidemic continues to have an ‘unprecedented’ impact on air travel. ‘The international …

Schiphol Group suffers €246 million loss; To cut hundreds of jobs
4 years, 3 months ago

Schiphol Group suffers €246 million loss; To cut hundreds of jobs

NL Times  

Due to the coronavirus crisis, the Royal Schiphol Group suffered a loss of 246 million euros in the first half of this year. The group is therefore cutting expenses, and that includes cutting jobs, the Schiphol Group said with the presentation of their interim figures on Friday. "The job impact is still uncertain, but it is expected to be in …

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