JetBlue airline boss over-hiring to beat staff exodus

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The boss of a US low-fare carrier said it's necessary to hire more people because of the high rate of people leaving the industry.

Thousands of travellers have been hit by recent disruption due to staff shortages that have hampered the re-start of air travel after the Pandemic.

Last-minute cancelations have been made by airlines.

He said he needed to over-hire to keep the number.

He said that we lost a lot of experienced people.

Demand for holidays has made it hard for airports and airlines to find enough staff.

As the summer progresses, he said the situation would normalise.

He said that the firm had changed its hiring plan to cope with people leaving more quickly.

Half of the airline's employees would have been with the airline for less than two years by the end of the decade.

"If you can get the people, they don't have the same experience as someone who was doing that job for a long time, so it's going to take longer for them to learn the skills," said Mr.

It can take some months for those adjustments to be made, but Jet Blue has built extra classrooms in order to keep hiring.

He said that your attrition is higher. You have to adjust your hiring plan because people leave more quickly when you hire them.

The aviation industry is not expected to return to normal until next year, according to Mr. Hayes.

He said airlines would be more cautious than they were this year because of the resourcing challenges.

Business travel will likely recover to 80% of its previous levels by the end of the year according to him.

There is a shortage of pilots in the United States. The pilots are expected to be in short supply for a long time.

The country can only produce a maximum of 7,000 pilots a year, according to the airline.

The company reported a loss of over one hundred million dollars for April to the end of June.

The number of flights between the UK and the US will increase by the end of October.

It's been a year since the introduction of a daily service between New York and London, and it's also been a year since the introduction of a daily service between Boston and London.

As jet fuel starts to retreat from its high prices, he expects ticket prices to go down.

He said that the cap on the number of passengers that can be flown out of the airport over the summer months was only a small part of the problem.

The move caused JetBlue to stop ticket sales a couple of times, but this hasn't had a big impact on its operations.