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A former Qantas worker has revealed how passengers' bags were left in rooms for weeks after the Australian airline fired thousands of staff in the pandemic.
The whistleblower, who remained anonymous, told the Nine network's Today show that he was one of the employees laid off following the outbreak of COVID-19.
Qantas let 2,000 workers go during the pandemic, according to the Transport Workers Union. The sackings have since triggered travel mayhem, the former baggage handler told the breakfast TV programme.
"You've got a skilled workforce that has just been totally sacked," he said in the interview.
Luggage has been left in rooms "for weeks at a time, waiting to be claimed," he told Nine. "There has been damage to planes."
He told Today that he enjoyed working at Qantas because of the camaraderie, but there was now no morale or incentive to work there.
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