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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAmid crew shortages, Washington State Ferries to cut sailings on some routes by half
Washington State Ferries announced late Wednesday afternoon it will impose cuts indefinitely to at least five routes, after failing to overcome a chronic lack of crew.
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The ferry system doesnt have a short-term plan ready to alleviate crew shortages, but Sterling said one tool may be to invite retired ferry workers to return temporarily.
In addition to the maritime worker shortage, a state ferry can be canceled if even a few shifts go unfilled for instance, a deckhand cant replace an engine-room oiler, and an engineer cant replace a mate who navigates.
The ferry system says it hired more than 150 new operating employees this year, but that training has been hampered by the pandemic. The agency also uses an antiquated system where entry-level workers are on call with unstable schedules. Also, reassignments are done through hundreds of phone calls by dispatchers on deadlines, rather than through an easier software system.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/amid-crew-shortages-washington-state-ferries-to-cut-sailings-on-some-routes-by-half/
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The ferry system doesnt have a short-term plan ready to alleviate crew shortages, but Sterling said one tool may be to invite retired ferry workers to return temporarily.
In addition to the maritime worker shortage, a state ferry can be canceled if even a few shifts go unfilled for instance, a deckhand cant replace an engine-room oiler, and an engineer cant replace a mate who navigates.
The ferry system says it hired more than 150 new operating employees this year, but that training has been hampered by the pandemic. The agency also uses an antiquated system where entry-level workers are on call with unstable schedules. Also, reassignments are done through hundreds of phone calls by dispatchers on deadlines, rather than through an easier software system.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/amid-crew-shortages-washington-state-ferries-to-cut-sailings-on-some-routes-by-half/
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Amid crew shortages, Washington State Ferries to cut sailings on some routes by half (Original Post)
brooklynite
Oct 2021
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jimfields33
(15,462 posts)1. Pay more! Stop the stingy pay
You do that and youll have enough workers. Wish the powers that he would realize that. Greedy!!!!
brooklynite
(93,851 posts)2. These are Union jobs paying top dollar.
jimfields33
(15,462 posts)3. Yet nobody want them?
Sounds strange.
brooklynite
(93,851 posts)4. Maybe they're requiring vaccinations.
jimfields33
(15,462 posts)5. That could be. Good point.