Allison Pohle

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908 appearances 18 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2021 last heard Dec 2024

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WSJ Your Money Briefing · Airfares Are Soaring. Can You Still Score Cheap Tickets? · 19 Apr 2022 podcast

Well, I think people are used to it with skipping for pre-check and for clear. matched

But yes, it is good news for passengers. matched

Carriers say that they've spent months hiring staff, including pilots, flight attendants, gate agents, you name it. matched

They're also making adjustments to their schedules. matched

So both JetBlue and Alaska, for example, have said that they're going to trim the number of scheduled flights that they have in the coming months so that they can better operate the flights that they do have planned. matched

They are facing challenges from the pilot shortage. matched

So earlier in the pandemic, when airlines were struggling, they asked a lot of pilots to retire early. matched

And that has meant that as demand has ramped up, there haven't been enough staff to staff all of those flights. matched

So for example, some of the mainline carriers have had to pull from regional carriers in order to have enough pilots, which has had a compounding effect on the number of flights that are available. matched

for consumers across different locations. matched

Yeah, and it's come in fits and starts as well. matched

So after more people were able to be vaccinated last year in 2021, there were lots of people traveling early in the summer. matched

But then we ran into the Delta variant, which diminished demand for travel as well. matched

Things started to ramp back up, but then we ran into the Omicron variant. matched

So leisure travel has come back really strong, but business travel is still lagging, and that remains a challenge for airlines as well. matched

Thanks for having me. matched

WSJ Your Money Briefing · U.S. Airline Rankings for 2021: Who Handled the Passenger Surge Best? · 31 Jan 2022 podcast

Some airlines really ramped up their schedules and then found that they ran into problems with weather and staffing issues as they were trying to meet demand from customers. voice-verified

Thanks for having me. voice-verified

So there are seven categories that we look at, and those categories have data from Mass Flight, which is an aviation data platform, as well as the Department of Transportation. voice-verified

And so to calculate the rankings, we look at seven categories and weight them each equally. voice-verified

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