It's true Manchester Airport has to bring in staff from other airports in the group like Humberside. This is due to Manchester Airport security staff refusing to do overtime because of the low wages and long hours already worked. Staff are leaving on a daily basis because of bad management.
The Queue most days on T1 will snake around the departure concourse and make its way up to the Thomas Cook check-in area. Passengers are usually waiting 30 - 11/2hrs to get through security, who at best will have only 2 X-Ray machines working. Staff have been taken off Terminal 2 to cover T1. Management are then sent to T2 to load the x-ray machines. One manager John Donnison (Security Business Manager circa £70,000pa) is to be found loading X-ray machines on a daily basis and losing his temper with his customers, the passengers.
This problem is of the airports own making, when they cut the wages of their security staff by 40-50% (£10,000-£13,000) to £11,500 - £14,000, increased hours to 42 pw and implemented new rosters (see rosters on
www.magalliance.co.uk ) Over 70% of the staff have already left the company and the airport cannot replace them with new staff because no one wants to work for low wages and inferior terms and conditions.
But will heads roll, I think not Teale, Spooner and Donnison will find a scapegoat, they will blame the staff on the shop floor.