The airline Qantas is struggling with capacity problems for ground staff – now the group's managers are supposed to help out.

In an internal message, they were asked to sign up for a three-month program. The main task is the loading and sorting of suitcases, training is to be carried out at Sydney and Melbourne airports, according to COO Colin Hughes in the message, reports the "Guardian". The planned start is therefore mid-August, at least 100 managers are to be recruited for sorting suitcases. As Hughes goes on to write, there is "no expectation" that the job at the baggage carousel will be fulfilled in addition to the previous job. Numerous airlines are currently struggling with staff shortages, and reports of chaos at the airports have recently increased.

During the lockdown, at least 1.600 people who were previously responsible for the luggage of the airline's guests were laid off at Qantas, the Guardian continues. The task was assigned to a service provider, illegally, as a court ruled. Qantas has appealed against this. According to a Qantas spokeswoman, employees from the group's headquarters have been helping out at peak times at the airports since Easter.