Melburnian1
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While I am trying to update individual airline delays or cancellations in that series of threads elsewhere on AFF, at least in SYD (strike this morning 0700 - 0900) and MEL (0500 - 0700 hours), the strike by Australian Border Force staff appears to be having minimal effect on timeliness of airline departures.
However we do not have a full picture for SYD as there are many departures for international airports in the 0900 to 0959 and 1000 to 1059 hours so only then would delays in passenger processing result in late aircraft departures.
The flight arrivals and departures data does not by itself disclose what if any delays arriving or departing passengers are facing.
ABF management are apparently manning posts normally occupied by 'frontline' ABF staff.
There will be multiple strikes by ABF staff over coming days unless this long running wages dispute is solved. As always, the Federal Government would be concerned that too generous an offer would put the Federal Budget further in the red.
However we do not have a full picture for SYD as there are many departures for international airports in the 0900 to 0959 and 1000 to 1059 hours so only then would delays in passenger processing result in late aircraft departures.
The flight arrivals and departures data does not by itself disclose what if any delays arriving or departing passengers are facing.
ABF management are apparently manning posts normally occupied by 'frontline' ABF staff.
There will be multiple strikes by ABF staff over coming days unless this long running wages dispute is solved. As always, the Federal Government would be concerned that too generous an offer would put the Federal Budget further in the red.
