After a weekend of Heathrow queues that lasted five hours, Balpa pilots union is calling for an industry-wide round-table discussion with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other leading ministers.
Balpa accused government officials of having a lack of border regulations, while clearly being unable to regulate international travel.
It said: The government has not only reduced UK's international aviation sector to a shadow its former world-leading strength, but also that the governments shameless inability implement an efficient border system at this level is shocking.
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Balpa requested that the meeting include Grant Shapps, Priti Patel, and Rishi Sunak as transport secretary. This was in response to the long delays experienced by returning holidaymakers who had to go through immigration checks at London's airport on Friday and Saturday.
The union claimed that five-hour queues at the border were not due to Border Force staff on duty.
These are due to the government's pathetic border rules that have overblown and complicated requirements for testing, quarantine and quarantine.
These are made more difficult by complicated traffic light systems and a multitude of private sector, unregulated testing companies.
The government must admit to its shortcomings, as demonstrated by repeated events on the ground. Balpa, trade bodies and unions representing the travel industry, should be seated with them to discuss practical and workable solutions.
Martin Chalk, Balpa's acting general secretary, stated that the United Kingdom was a great trading nation and built on a world-class aviation industry.
The government has apparently set out to destroy the foundations of global Britain through an apparent deliberate undermining the aviation industry.
If we don't have the ability to talk sense into them at an industry roundtable conference, it might be best to pull up the drawbridge so that we can sink into Little Britain.
According to a Home Office spokesperson, Sunday's comments about the long waiting time at Heathrow were unacceptable. This weekend is busy for returning passengers.
It stated that Border Force was reviewing its rosters and capacities quickly and flexibly deploying staff across the airport in an effort to reduce waiting times.
Heathrow spokeswoman said: We are very sorry. Border Force was aware of families' extra demands and were disappointed they didn't provide enough resources.
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