Britain: Bad news, People: Staff at Heathrow Could Go on Strike This Summer

Between the hundreds of cancelled flights and hours-long delays at security, passport control and baggage reclaim, UK airports are currently a bit of a shitshow. And it could be about to get even worse: hundreds of staff at the country’s busiest airport could go on strike this summer.

British Airways’ check-in and ground staff at Heathrow airport begin voting on whether to take strike action today (June 7), with any disruption likely to hit the airport over the summer holiday period. The GMB union says that BA staff suffered a 10 percent pay cut during the pandemic, which, while being reinstated for the airline’s bosses, has not been restored to check-in and ground staff at Heathrow.

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USA: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport Reopened After ‘Suspicious Wires’ Cause Evacuation, Delays

All entrances to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport were closed for over five hours Thursday morning while police investigated "suspicious wires" found in a vehicle, leading to evacuations and a massive law enforcement response.

Broward Sheriff's Office officials said deputies received information about the suspicious wires in the vehicle that was in a parking garage near Terminals 2 and 3 just after

Deputies responded to the scene and quickly closed the roadways and secured the area around the vehicle located on the upper level of the garage, evacuating people in the vicinity.

Read more at: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport Reopened After ‘Suspicious Wires’ Cause Evacuation, Delays – NBC 6 South Florida

USA Fort Lauderdale, Lone disturbed gun-man kills and causes panic and chaos at Fort Lauderdale airport - by RM

Chaos, Panic and Confusion at Fort Lauderdale airport (photo CNN)

The tragic shooting of innocent passengers today at  the Fort Lauderdale airport by a lone gun-man also exposed  some disturbing facts about the safety and security measures deployed at one of the US's most important airports.

The chaos, panic and disorganization which manifested itself at Fort Lauderdale Airport during and following the shooting was quite  unreal .

People were running all over the place as were the large numbers of police and security forces, who seemed to be falling over each other, running in different direction.

For some reason it did not look as if there was some central control keeping it all together.

Much later many passengers were still pacing the tarmac and the curb of the terminal. By then it had been more than 10 hrs. after the  first shots were fired by the gun-man.

At the time of this writing many planes are  still lined up on the runway, many with passengers still sitting in them.  Several medical emergencies were also reported as some of the passengers sitting in these planes became unwell being in closed quarters for such a long time.

It also has to be brought-up that tragic events like this often are also the result of the very limited restrictions there on buying guns in America.

The NRA which is supported by many Democrats and Republicans alike in Congress can and should also indirectly be blamed for many of the killings in the US, including this one in Fort Lauderdale.

Allowing mentally disturbed people, including the one in Fort Lauderdale who went on a killing spree, to not only freely being able to buy a gun, but also to carry it in his bag on an aircraft is really irresponsible and criminal.

When will the US  Congress  finally show the guts to legislate some serious gun control measures and laws to avoid having these massacres happen over and over again?

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Turkey: Efforts for Istanbul’s third airport heat up

The Transport Ministry will announce the tender date for a third airport in Istanbul next month, Transport Minister Binali Yıldırım has said.

The government aims to receive bids in December for the facility, which is estimated to cost 10 billion Turkish Liras, he told Anatolia news agency.

“We cannot tell exactly what will be in the bids, but this is our estimate,” he said

Some foreign investors, including those from Japan, France, China and Germany, have already shown interest in the airport, which will be constructed in three phases.

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