- Containers not being in the right place
- The slow down in demand at the start of the pandemic
- The burgeoning economy pushing up demand
- The Christmas shopping surge that should have been fed by an August surge in shipping
- Factories being slow to turn up the manufacturing process
- Not enough truck drivers shuttling containers to distribution warehouses from the ships
- A shortage of rail cars to take containers to other parts of the nation
- Remember the ship stuck in the Suez Canal?
- More?
This past weekend there was a problem with “shipping people” from one place to another via American Airlines.
- There were some weather issues
- The aircraft distribution of air frames got screwed up, with planes not being in the right city
- Crews were not in the right place at the right time
- Crew rest was likely another issue
- Crews that commute by air from home to their destination flight could not get there
- Airlines are still ramping up flights and staffing from the time period when they drew down their staff earlier in the pandemic
- More people are flying, or trying to fly