I think the incessant "HOSPITALS ARE FULL" propaganda leading up to it made it harder for a lot of folks to notice.
That and pilots are pretty specialized. Not saying they're "more important" or anything like that, but there are a lot more nurses and doctors than qualified airline pilots, last I checked. Similar is probably true with air traffic control.
If we think that nurses require significant qualifications and would be hard to replace in these cases, I think the people that keep airlines operational hit even harder.
That and airlines are a "luxury" moneymaker, hospitals are a "captive" moneymaker.
I can assure you that most of the hospitals are full. My Daughter is Admin at a hospital (of Office Staff) Most of the problem is due to lack of workers. She and her coworkers are so overwhelmed with trying to keep the hospital staffed that they do not have time to worry about "Why" People will not work. When they take the job they call out or someone test positive for Covid and have to stay home. The emergency rooms are full of my daughter says with "people that do not speak English that have free medical" coming in for stupid things. Traveling nurses do not want to travel. She says it is a mess!
100% agree. Hospitals are full but that's because THERE"S NO STAFF and they have to close down entire floors because they can't staff them. The hospital may have 389 licensed beds but they can only (barely) staff 220 with 3 shifts so the hospital is at capacity for the staff they have. If you have lets say 2 call out on a shift that can be the difference in keeping a floor open or not meaning the unit where the call outs happened are capped at the current patient level and can't take anymore admissions.
My Daughter is sooo overworked. They have the ability to bring Doctors and Nurses from out of state and pay highly for them . The average staff, people that run the hospital do not have that ability and they are offered No big money like the Doctors and Nurses. This means that they do not have time to look at WHY!! They just want it to be able to staff their hospitals and quit working so hard! The workers are not allowed on the floors because of Covid Protocol so they really have No Idea what is going on in their Hospitals.
Hospitals didn't effect the everyday person.
Apparently airlines did.
I think the incessant "HOSPITALS ARE FULL" propaganda leading up to it made it harder for a lot of folks to notice.
That and pilots are pretty specialized. Not saying they're "more important" or anything like that, but there are a lot more nurses and doctors than qualified airline pilots, last I checked. Similar is probably true with air traffic control.
If we think that nurses require significant qualifications and would be hard to replace in these cases, I think the people that keep airlines operational hit even harder.
That and airlines are a "luxury" moneymaker, hospitals are a "captive" moneymaker.
I can assure you that most of the hospitals are full. My Daughter is Admin at a hospital (of Office Staff) Most of the problem is due to lack of workers. She and her coworkers are so overwhelmed with trying to keep the hospital staffed that they do not have time to worry about "Why" People will not work. When they take the job they call out or someone test positive for Covid and have to stay home. The emergency rooms are full of my daughter says with "people that do not speak English that have free medical" coming in for stupid things. Traveling nurses do not want to travel. She says it is a mess!
100% agree. Hospitals are full but that's because THERE"S NO STAFF and they have to close down entire floors because they can't staff them. The hospital may have 389 licensed beds but they can only (barely) staff 220 with 3 shifts so the hospital is at capacity for the staff they have. If you have lets say 2 call out on a shift that can be the difference in keeping a floor open or not meaning the unit where the call outs happened are capped at the current patient level and can't take anymore admissions.
My Daughter is sooo overworked. They have the ability to bring Doctors and Nurses from out of state and pay highly for them . The average staff, people that run the hospital do not have that ability and they are offered No big money like the Doctors and Nurses. This means that they do not have time to look at WHY!! They just want it to be able to staff their hospitals and quit working so hard! The workers are not allowed on the floors because of Covid Protocol so they really have No Idea what is going on in their Hospitals.