Shortage of air traffic controllers causing delays, cancellations in Canadian airports
Berman said Nav Canada is training more than 400 new employees now and that the organization hopes to increase that number.Air traffic controller shortage driving this summer's flight delays, experts sayAfter last summer's airline worker shortage caused huge headaches for travellers, this summer's delays are being caused by Nav Canada's lack of air traffic controllers, according to industry insiders.
"Staffing shortages have impacted our air carrier flight schedules and airspace management from time to time and in major regions of the country," said Monette Pasher. "We have seen this most acutely in the B.C. mainland airspace." "What makes this summer particularly different with regard to delays is the fact that we've seen a tremendous number of delays related to shortages of air traffic controllers."
P.E.I. native Matthew Gillis, a mechanical engineer, had moved to two different cities for on-the-job air traffic controller training, then felt left in the lurch when that training was cancelled due to COVID-19.New Brunswick resident Matthew Gillis said he has neither the 'energy nor the appetite' to return to training to become an air traffic controller following cancellations and layoffs in the industry during the pandemic.
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