A third of ferry sailings cancelled due to crew shortages
EDMONDS — Staffing shortages forced a drastic system-wide reduction in Washington State Ferries service Friday.
The Edmonds-Kingston and Mukilteo-Clinton routes each were down from the usual two boats to one — effectively half the normal capacity. They are two of the busiest routes that WSF operates, spokesperson Ian Sterling said. Other routes were in a similar boat.
Crew shortages were largely caused by a “perfect storm” of workers being sick with COVID-19, in close contact with ill people or unwilling to work under the governor’s vaccine mandate, Sterling said.
Of more than 420 sailings system-wide Thursday, 35 were cancelled. That number jumped to 150 cancellations Friday — more than a third of state ferries service.
https://www.heraldnet.com/news/ferry-system-cancels-1-3-of-sailings-due-to-crew-shortages/
It's hard for me to sympathize with those who refuse to get vaccinated when their coworkers have been sick with COVID-19.
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