Long queues at Dusseldorf Airport
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“Permanent chaos from 4 a.m. to 10.30 a.m.”
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9 images Chaos at Düsseldorf Airport
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Düsseldorf On Monday morning, there were queues at Düsseldorf Airport well past peak times – and that was on a normal weekday. Passengers were horrified. Verdi wants to demonstrate against the abuses on Wednesday.
According to Petra W., she was just a minute in the departure hall of Düsseldorf Airport on Monday morning when she was already venting her dissatisfaction with the conditions there on Facebook. “Disaster,” she writes. “The queue at the check-in is at least 100 meters long and at the security check at least 200 meters long,” she describes her impressions. In addition, only two out of six counters are open. “Bring at least three to four hours with you,” she recommends.
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In fact, it was extremely crowded again at Düsseldorf Airport on Monday morning. “There was chaos from four in the morning until 10:30 a.m. This is another sad increase in the chaos here,” said Verdi Secretary Özay Tarim. “The special thing about this time is that it is a normal weekday. And what’s more, the chaos goes well beyond the peak hours of four to seven o’clock. It’s really intense,” he said.
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For a few weeks now, the Düsseldorfer in particular has been developing Airport sometimes considerable queues in front of the checkpoints. Of the Airport and the Verdi services union see the reason for this in the lack of staff at the responsible security company. Up to 100 control staff per shift would sometimes be missing, they criticize. According to experts, passengers will therefore have to be prepared for problems at Düsseldorf and Cologne/Bonn airports in the coming weeks. According to estimates by the German Federal Police Union, the already tense situation will continue to worsen before the start of the holidays in four weeks.
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Verdi is calling for a demonstration at the airport at 12 noon on Wednesday because of the misery. “We want to acknowledge the grievances with overload and danger displays. We urgently need to defend ourselves,” says Verdi’s letter to the air traffic controllers. An overload notification offers employees the opportunity to draw attention to grievances and to be able to exonerate themselves in the context of any liability claims. These reports were last reported by inspectors at Düsseldorf Airport in 2017 – as a result of an excessive workload due to staff shortages.
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