Airport administrators say the issue is related to security clearance delays caused by a lack of staff at the Federal Aviation Safety Authority of Canada (CATSA). “I’ve been in the aviation business for 20+ years now; certainly the delays we experienced last week have not been experienced again,” Mike McNaney, YVR’s foreign affairs chief, told Global News.
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Passengers are told to arrive at least two hours earlier for a domestic flight and three hours earlier for an international flight. McNaney said the problem began to be revealed in early April as air traffic numbers began to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The story goes on under the ad However, he said the airport authority is limited in what it can do, as it has no security checkpoint. Airport staff do their best to move people to the front of the line if their flight departs shortly or to direct people to other security checkpoints if one line moves too slowly.
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“The obligation we now see for CATSA management is to provide a plan for how to manage the staffing deficit,” he said. Trending Stories
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“The equipment is there, the lanes are there, but not everyone works.” In a statement, CATSA said it hoped to have new inspectors ready for the YVR “in the coming weeks”. Crown said there are several factors that affect safety check-in times, including more passengers choosing to travel with hand luggage and changes in passenger flow. “Prior to the pandemic, resources could be more effectively cross-checked between cross-border and domestic and international checkpoints due to escalating passenger peak,” the statement said.
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The story goes on under the ad “As air travel recovers, we see simultaneous peaks, which can result in passengers flooding more than one safety checkpoint at a time, making it more difficult to redistribute resources to deal with these volumes of passengers. ” McNaney, meanwhile, said people need to be patient, especially with security personnel who are not responsible for staff status. He said people can also help speed things up by being ready to check in at checkpoints with metal objects being removed from their faces and liquids and gels being removed from their bags. 2: 28COVID-19: Still “wise” to ask for masks on airplanes, Tam says COVID-19: Still “wise” to ask for masks on airplanes, says Tam – April 22, 2022 © 2022 Global News, part of Corus Entertainment Inc.
