Airports are dealing with massive lines due to the government shutdown. The shutdown began on Saturday, December 22. TSA employees are part of the government, so they’re affected and working without pay. But TSA staffers are calling out of work. At Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), the call-out rate has increased by as much as 300%. A rep for the TSA workers union says they aren’t calling out intentionally. The TSA staffers simply can’t afford to get to work. TSA employees live paycheck to paycheck, according to their union rep. The mean annual wage for TSA employees was about $US40,960 as of May 2017. The TSA says they are “closely monitoring the situation” and that “security effectiveness will not be compromised.” Read more about how the government shutdown is affecting TSA workers. NOW WATCH: Briefing videos Business Insider Emails & Alerts Site highlights each day to your inbox. Follow Business Insider Australia on Facebook, Twitter, … [Read more...] about Airports are dealing with massive lines during the government shutdown as TSA employees are working without pay
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Up to 350 jobs up for grabs at East Midlands Airport
Up to 350 jobs are on offer at East Midlands Airport (EMA) and neighbouring businesses over the coming weeks. The airport is looking for additional staff to fill vital roles needed for its busy summer season which runs from 1 April to 31 October, during which time two-thirds of annual passengers fly to and from EMA. Jet2.com and Swissport are looking for ground handling staff to fill check-in and baggage handling roles while logistics giants DHL and UPS are also recruiting. Jury’s Inn hotel, located on the Pegasus Business Park next to the airport are adding to their team too.The entire airport site is home to more than 80 individual businesses which, between them, employ 8000 people.Job seekers keen to find out more about all the vacancies on offer can do so at the annual jobs fair on Saturday, January 26, 10am - 2pm. This takes place in the airport’s check-in hall.Entry to the jobs fair is free and attendees can park at the airport without charge. Chris Hayton, head of … [Read more...] about Up to 350 jobs up for grabs at East Midlands Airport
Durham Tees Valley Airport could close if takeover deal is not given the go-ahead, it has been claimed
Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen says Durham Tees Valley Airport could close unless his takeover is approved later this month. The chairman of Durham Tees Valley Airport has confirmed in a statement that if Tees Valley Mayor’s plan to bring the airport back into public ownership is voted down in a crunch vote on January 24, then the airport could close. Robert Hough CBE – who also chairs Peel Airports Group – argued that “the future operations of the airport are extremely uncertain after 2021” if the five Tees Valley council leaders vote down the bid to return the airport to public ownership later this month. A ‘Keep Open Commitment’ up until 2021 was agreed between Peel Group and the local authority shareholders in Durham Tees Valley Airport in 2016.It was agreed as part of a package of measures to secure the airport’s future, which included a decision that Teesside councils would take on the pension liabilities of airport workers from … [Read more...] about Durham Tees Valley Airport could close if takeover deal is not given the go-ahead, it has been claimed
ACV wants to be investor of key items at Long Thành Airport
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The Airports Corporation of Việt Nam (ACV) wants to become the investor of key items at Long Thành International Airport in the southern province of Đồng Nai. In a proposal sent to the Ministry of Transport recently, ACV said it wanted to invest in the passenger terminal, airfield items including the apron, runway, fuel distribution system, parking and cargo terminal. Chairman of ACV Lại Xuân Thanh said the corporation was willing to invest between US$1 billion and 1.5 billion out of total $5.4 billion investment capital set for the first phase of the Long Thành Airport. Thanh said they were working with joint venture JFV, which includes Japan Airport Consultants (JAC-Japan), Nippon Koei (NK-Japan), Oriental Consultants Global (OCG-Japan), ADP Ingenierie (ADPi-France), Airport Design and Construction Consultancy (ADCC-Việt Nam), and Transport Engineering Design Inc Company (TEDI-Việt Nam). The … [Read more...] about ACV wants to be investor of key items at Long Thành Airport
Saudi teen who barricaded herself in Bangkok airport to escape family who ‘consider me as property’ has reportedly passed a test that means she can’t be sent back
A Saudi citizen who fled her family to seek asylum in Australia reportedly passed a UN refugee evaluation which means she can’t be sent home. Rahaf al-Qunun barricaded herself in a Bangkok hotel room,documented on a viral Twitter page. She says her family thinks of her as a slave, and will kill her for renouncing Islam. The UN’s High Commissioner for Refugees granted her official refugee status on Wednesday, according to the Guardian and BBC. Refugee status means the UN thinks a person’s fears are well-founded. International law means such people cannot be sent back to the place they are fleeing. Australia said it will now decide whether to grant al-Qunun asylum. A Saudi teen who locked herself in a Bangkok hotel room to escape family who she says “consider me as property” has reportedly been judged to be a legitimate refugee by the UN. This would mean that she can’t be sent back to them. Rahaf al-Qunun, 18, flew to Thailand on Saturday … [Read more...] about Saudi teen who barricaded herself in Bangkok airport to escape family who ‘consider me as property’ has reportedly passed a test that means she can’t be sent back