Families have been sleeping on the floor at Heathrow today as the airport goes into complete meltdown and flyers claim a woman fainted in a huge queue.
Britain’s biggest airport has descended into mayhem this weekend as baggage handlers branded the crisis gripping the aviation sector ‘the worst disruption ever seen’.
Angry passengers have complained about flight delays on Twitter, with one flyer claiming that he saw a woman faint in one massive queue as staffing shortages caused by pandemic-era mass layoffs plunge the beleaguered industry into bedlam.
It appeared to be no better at Manchester this morning, with pictures showing huge queues at Terminal 2 and the airport’s underground car park.
Staff have described ‘Olympic-level strain’ which has reduced even experienced experienced colleagues to ’emotional wrecks’. Baggage handlers have warned that even pilots and cleaners are now loading suitcases onto planes in a bid to get them off the tarmac.
One handler, who works at one of the…
