CV-Library, which polled more than 1,700 aviation workers, found the top responses for why staff wanted to leave all revolve around pay. 

More than half (58.3%) want better pay, around a third (33.3%) said their job is "too stressful" for their current salary and a quarter (25%) stated they have too much responsibility for their pay grade. 

Only a fraction (5%) want to leave due to the current situation at UK airports, only 4.2% said it was due to "angry and unreasonable" passengers and just 4.2% said the job was affecting their mental health. 
 
67.2% of all those surveyed claimed they haven’t had a pay rise in the last 12 months, with 82% having no additional or enhanced benefits over this period either. 

The main reason for employees not returning to the sector after losing their job during Covid is also poor pay (58%). Having had a recent airport experience and concluding it’s too stressful (42.1%) and having now found a better job (19.7%) were the other most popular responses. 
 
Lee Biggins, founder and chief executive of CV-Library, said: "With the industry in such disarray, it comes as no surprise that so many airport workers are considering leaving.

"Attempts to turn things around have so far missed the mark and, with peak season now upon us, urgent action is required. Based on our data and the voice of both current and ex-airline and airport workers, if salary levels and benefits were enhanced, the crisis could be severely dampened."