Olympic Airlines Flights from Athens delayed due to shortage of seasonal staff at airline
Flights from Athens delayed due to shortage of seasonal staff at airline
Hundreds of passengers suffered as several Olympic Airlines (OA) flights from Athens were severely delayed yesterday due to an apparent lack of seasonal staff who supplement the full-time flight attendants. OA employs some 700 stewards and stewardesses and 150 seasonal attendants under normal circumstances. However, there are currently as few as 30 seasonal staff employed by OA as the contracts of the other attendants have not been renewed. OA has said it will take on more in-flight personnel but they are not likely to be in place until June.