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Following the logistics crisis in the United States, the aviation crisis is taking place.
After Corona 19, airlines have greatly reduced their staff, so if there is a problem in one place, thousands of flights are canceled one after another.
Correspondent Yunsoo Kim in Washington, DC.
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Passengers lined up in the airport waiting room, their flights were canceled without notice and their feet were tied up.
[Mohamed Abdullah/US Airways passenger: My flight was 12 hours ago.
Don't come to the airport unless you're sure there's a flight.]
More than 2,000 flights have been canceled on American Airlines alone over the past weekend.
Flight cancellations that started on the 28th of last month due to bad weather at Texas Airport continued in a chain, causing turmoil in various places.
This is a status board that informs you of the arrival flight at Ronald Reagan Airport.
As you can see, 'cancelled' signs are floating around like missing teeth.
[American Airlines staff: (When will flights return to normal?) Unfortunately, I don't know when it will be back to normal for me or the other staff here either.]
The reason for the massive flight cancellations is that airlines have drastically cut staff after the COVID-19 pandemic. .
As demand increases again, the number of flights has increased, but the number of manpower remains the same, so even if there is one problem, the flight attendants are tied up and it leads to a chaos.
In August, Spirit Airlines canceled 2,800 flights, and last month, Southwest Airlines also canceled 2,000 flights.
[Jayakoski/USA passenger: Not only American but also Southwest Airlines a few weeks ago.
It's really annoying.
They are still being canceled while we wait.]
American airlines have announced large-scale hiring plans, but there are many concerns that the recovery of the job market is slower than expected and the airline turmoil will be repeated for the time being.
(Video coverage: Park Eun-ha, video editing: Jung Yong-hwa)