Qantas asks executives to work as baggage handlers for three months

Key Facts

• By Peter Hoskins Business reporter Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Airlines were forced to lay off thousands of staff members during the pandemic Australian airline Qantas has asked senior executives to work as baggage handlers for three months as it tries to tackle an acute labour shortage.
• Like much of the global airline industry, Qantas is struggling to resume its services as borders reopen.
• The managers and executives were asked to work in the baggage handling roles for three or five days a week, in shifts of either four or six hours a day per shift.
• As measures to slow the spread of Covid-19 have eased around the world, Qantas and other major airlines have struggled to resume services at the scale seen before the pandemic.

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