Airlines are expecting a very busy summer travel season and despite more workers than they have had in two decades, it may not be enough to handle the action, notes Grumpy Editor.
United Airlines plans to add 15,000 workers this year.
Delta Air Lines is seeing record advance summer bookings with much activity focused on international travel.
The air-transportation industry had an estimated 534,400 employees in March, up 9.5 percent from a year earlier and the most since April 2003, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
A major thorn is an ongoing pilot Shortage.
IN CASE YOUR FAVORITE NEWS OUTLETS MISSED THESE…
CARS RETAINED LONGER. Americans are retaining their cars longer. Average age of a passenger vehicle hit a record 12.5 years this year, according to data gathered by S&P Global Mobility. The pandemic in 2020 triggered a global shortage of automotive computer chips. The shortage drastically slowed global assembly lines.
NATIONWIDE BRIDGES EXAMINED. Collapse of a Pittsburgh bridge triggers a nationwide examination of more than 10,000 bridges with similar construction. Corrosion is the problem.
CANINE HELPS POLICE FIND DRUGS. A dog named Joel, with a fine nose for cocaine, helps Italian Police seize about three tons of the drug hidden in boxed bananas shipped from Ecuador.
WALL STREET JOURNAL ELIMINATES TITLES. The Wall Street Journal is eliminating titles — Mr., Ms., Mrs. — in sentences because, as the editor puts it: “It can slow down readers enjoyment of our writing.”
BEST BEACH IN FLORIDA. State park on St. George Island just off the Florida Panhandle gets top honor as best beach for 2023, from Stephen Leatherman, professor in the Department of Earth & Environment at Florida International University.
DOG DRIVER BLAMED FOR SPEEDING. A man is arrested after blaming his dog for driving over the speed limit. Police say he swapped seats with the animal when he got pulled over in Springfield, Colo. Police say he was going 52 m.p.h. in a 30 m.p.h. zone..
HIPPO CAPSIZES CANOE. A 1-year-old child died and 23 people were missing after a hippopotamus charged into and capsized a long wooden canoe on a river in southern Malawi. The canoe was carrying 37 people across the Shire River on their way to neighboring Mozambique.
DOG FOOD PRICES JUMP. Prices for popular Dog Food brands on Amazon.com jump 45.5 percent since 2020 --- from $27.91 per product to $39.56 per product, according to Veterinarians.org. Cases of wet dog food that cost $19.92 in 2020 now sell for $28.65 on average while the price of a bag of dry dog food increased from $35.91 to $50.54.
