There is an acute shortage of staff at Germany's commercial airports. Several industry associations are now trying to solve this problem with the help of around 2.000 temporary workers from Turkey. This has already been proposed to the Federal Ministry of Labour, which must approve this.

The procedure raises a few questions in advance, because the German Press Agency quotes a letter addressed to the ministry: Here you can read that the personnel requirements could only be covered in the short term by recruiting abroad and a temporary work agency was found in Istanbul who can provide 2.000 temporary workers with A2 knowledge of German at short notice.

However, there is also a massive shortage of staff at Turkish airports, which is why it is critical to question where the specialist staff should come from. The planned Turkish employees are even said to have received hazard training and background checks. Another open question is why these are not used at airports in Turkey.

The planned "construction" has it all: An airport service provider is to "borrow" the Turkish temporary workers and then distribute or "borrow" them to the German airports as required. It is also requested that no individual examinations be carried out, but that the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology should approve the use of Turkish temporary workers in general, regardless of whether there are applicants for vacancies or not. Behind the initiative are, among others, the Federal Association of the German Aviation Industry, the ADV, the Employers' Association of Ground Handling Service Providers and other interest groups.