Originally Posted by
HansGruber
While I agree with where you're going on this, there is no way in hell I would have left my Grandmother or Mother with a Skycap.
Oh, I know. I wouldn't either. I'd get a gate pass and stick around until I had either physically observed or viewed through Flightaware that the plane was airborne. So would everybody reading this thread.
Long before I was on FT I knew that those folks weren't employees of the airlines in almost every city.
I honestly had no clue who they worked for. Even though I now know they don't work for the airlines, I still don't actually know who they work for (usually). Some little local company contracting to the airport? Or contracted to each airline? Or are they independent contractors? I don't know...in theory, we shouldn't have to care...