Ben Gurion Airport is facing a very severe manpower shortage.
Quite a few employees give up and resign and on the other hand, it is very difficult to recruit new employees.
The director of the airport, Shmuel Zakai, conducts a security check for passengers himself to assist workers in the field, but even the mobilization by the management is not enough.
Ben Gurion Airport employees' luggage line has been complaining for weeks about a severe shortage of manpower, which means that they do not get enough luggage to board planes and many passengers do not receive their luggage after landing at the destination. Positions are sent beyond the window of Ben Gurion Airport's management to pressure them on the whole issue of recruiting new employees.
So what can be done to avoid discomfort when reaching your destination?
The most important things like medicines, clothes for the first days and valuables, take with you in the small suitcase left next to you on the plane.
In case the big suitcase does not arrive, the important things will be near you so you can avoid unpleasant situations.
Purchase luggage insurance so that if your suitcase does not arrive, you can purchase basic products like clothes and toiletries and get refunds for them.
It is important to make sure in advance what your insurance covers and what the full terms are.
Attach an AirTag or any other chip that can tell you where your suitcase is in real time.
In addition, you can stick your name and phone number on the suitcase, in case the airport staff wants to contact you.
If your suitcase does not arrive, make sure to keep all relevant receipts and claim a refund after the end of the holiday.
Here, too, it is important to make sure what you deserve and what you do not, but you may deserve a respectable refund.
It is important to emphasize that there is no legality and no connection between the airline and the chance that your suitcase will not reach its destination.
This is a shortage of manpower for employees in the baggage department at Ben Gurion Airport, a department that handles the baggage of pilots at all airlines.
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