Obviously Sydney Airports is responsible for a lot of this. God knows a $35 billion company can't afford too have too many security staff on the cheapest tenderers payroll at $25 an hour or whatever they make
How is SYD responsible for QF attitude and staffing, ABF attitude and staffing? The security problem is across the industry. A lot of screeners etc were stood down when covid destroyed the industry. A lot of them have moved on to greener pastures and won't come back. Strangely enough, there's not a lot of interest from any one else. It takes a while to source someone, train them to competency (believe it or not, it's not actually easy to be a screener) in the numbers you need to cope with the sudden increase in capacity the airlines threw in once borders opened. Also it seems every new flight the airlines added was within a minute or two of a previous one.. The scheduling is ridiculous. Way over capacity at peak, then almost nothing for hours.