Hole found in Alaska Airlines plane
SEATTLE – An Alaska Airlines plane was forced to return to Seattle Monday after a gash in the plane’s fuselage caused the aircraft to lose pressurization.
According to a National Transportation Safety Board spokesman, the incident began when a ramp worker hit the plane with a baggage cart or baggage belt machine.
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The TV News story went on to explain how the number of similar incidents has increased since a new service company (Menzies Aviation) recently began providing (lower cost) ramp and baggage handling services.
Then the camera switched to show baggage handlers obviously "abusing" the items they were loading on a plane and all of whom looked as they could use a good and solid Identification Verification . . . and perhaps equipment use instructions in Spanish.
This is an interesting story: http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_113005INK
alaska_rampworkersJK.2bbed4a4.html
According to a National Transportation Safety Board spokesman, the incident began when a ramp worker hit the plane with a baggage cart or baggage belt machine.
==========================================
The TV News story went on to explain how the number of similar incidents has increased since a new service company (Menzies Aviation) recently began providing (lower cost) ramp and baggage handling services.
Then the camera switched to show baggage handlers obviously "abusing" the items they were loading on a plane and all of whom looked as they could use a good and solid Identification Verification . . . and perhaps equipment use instructions in Spanish.
This is an interesting story: http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_113005INK
alaska_rampworkersJK.2bbed4a4.html
posted by Localfella at 7:19 PM
1 Comments:
i live in the area where this happened! this is all alsakas airlines fault . thay decied to fire all the the regular baggage handlers and bring in cheap labor. i know a few peolpe that work for Menzies .Menzies pay the baggae people 8/hr and there supervisors make 10/hr . So alaska airlines is getting what they paid for. I flew on alsakaa few weeks ago and i was happy to get the luggage . Also i have a few frinds with alsaka airlines and have been told that what we hear in the public 1 out of 25 things that Menzies screws up on.
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