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27.02.2023 - 18:53 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Cabin crew staff at Manchester Airport say they are being driven to distraction by a ‘mass infestation’ of mice running rampant in their duty room.
Around 500 members of Ryanair staff are thought to be affected by the vermin outbreak, which is confined to a room where on-call cabin crew wait for long periods on their daily shifts.
As airport bosses work to resolve the issue with pest control specialists, staff said the mice are now ‘jumping all over’ them as the situation gets 'a lot worse'. The ‘infestation' was first reported in September 2022, with staff saying they believe the situation is ‘a lot worse’ now.
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One member of staff, who did not wish to be named, told the ECHO: “They're climbing up people's legs, running around our feet. One of them jumped on my colleague's shoulder yesterday while she was sleeping. They're jumping all over us. Basically, we're like a playground for them."
The staff member said the issue had been reported to both Manchester Airports Group and Ryanair in September but they felt that little had been done so far to address the problem.
Bosses at Manchester Airport said they are currently working with the airline and appointed pest control specialists to resolve the ‘pest issue’ as soon as possible.
The member of staff continued: "We've been sending requests every day to Ryanair as well as Manchester Airport about this, and no one seems to be getting back. It's starting to get a lot worse now.
"At the moment, we have seen five (mice), but when the room is silent you can hear them all running above us, scratching in the walls and the ceiling. It's got to the point where we're refusing to sit in the room, it's
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