THREE quarters of aviation workers have been physically or verbally abused at work, the GMB union said today.

And the general union’s poll of hundreds of its members at airports and airlines shows that two thirds feel the abuse has had a detrimental impact on their mental health.

The workers, made up of check-in staff, baggage handlers, security workers, cabin crew and others, describe being spat at and suffering homophobic abuse from frustrated passengers as travel chaos continues.