Airlines pursue new hires amid surging travel demand

It has been a record-setting summer for travel at the nation's airports and it has not been smooth sailing. In a special joint investigation, CBS News' senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave teamed up with CBS Stations' national investigative correspondent Stephen Stock to look at what's being done to solve the staffing shortage.

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[USNveteran]

I recently retired (Aug 2021) as an A&P mechanic from a major US airline with 37 years of service. They asked me to stay 3 times and each time I told them no it was time for me to go after all those years. Within 30 days of retirement I received emails from Fedex, UPS, & Delta offering me jobs. When I started with the airlines in the 1980's they wouldn't even acknowledge the resumes I sent them. My how times have changed. FLY NAVY!!!

[Mrcharles.]

Perhaps if we had a well built national high speed rail network, then we wouldn’t be having this problem of an airline labor shortage.

[pandersonnike]

The costs to become a pilot or mechanic is a huge barrier of entry. Honestly the airlines need to help cover that to make up the shortage. Taking a 60-100K in debt with today's interest rates is financially a big hole that even with a decent salary will take years, or even decades to get out of with cost of living continue to rise notably.

[sopad]

I just traveled so I’m staying home for awhile to stay away from this chaos and no resolved issue.

[roachtoasties]

How times have changed. When I started out fresh out of school, I applied for the airlines and for any airline job. They wouldn't even acknowledge that I was even alive. No interviews. Nothing. I eventually went into I.T., make very good pay, almost no commute, and have nothing to do with aviation. The airlines loss. Do I feel sorry for the airlines now? Nope. This is their making. They don't plan for the long term.

[paulw]

Airline business are reporting record profits

[arosenweig]

A good suggestion to the airlines is to conduct phone screens followed by one or two rounds of virtual interviews before making a hiring decision.

[dylanbuchman]

2:33 shout out to her 👏👏 we need more people in these types of jobs. They don't have the reputation of the legal, engineering, or medical fields, but they're important

[crazyjrp]

Houston, we have a problem. A major problem.

[nalahrawr]

2 years to become an airplane technician? That’s it?

[bradleyjason]

College kid $100, 000.00: split 4 ways then split between grants and loans.
Pilot $100, 000.00: yeah we’ll take that all up front from your pocket.

[topofthegreen]

there is no pilot shorage they are just cramming more people into aircraft, and the ecenomic downturn will end any pilot shrtage as furghlowh hit.

[lifeisbeautiful]

Hmmm as if paying people to entice them into a field works. Oh wait it does.

[dave]

Probably not the best time to push the pay-to-work scam.

[mikethompson]

Why would anyone in their right mind want to become a aircraft mechanic due to low pay and no respect from everyone especially Managers I too retired from a major airline with 38 years experience but now since the airlines can’t get enough experienced mechanics they hire inexperienced managers who have very little knowledge as most managers have been working in aviation about 2 years or less and I have to listen to their nonsense no thanks I took the retirement it’s a mess at the airlines

[AF-ibec]

They fired all the experienced staff who wouldn't submit to the illegal fauchis ouchi clot shots, who they trying to hire now, rookies ?

[Badkittys]

Oh great, rookie mechanics, crashes on the rise folks

[patricialavallee]

Hire back the ones that left during covid due to non compliance with the arm ticket.

[Trump-lover]

I blame our GAY transportation secretary for bad airlines