Originally Posted by
channa
What a horrible thing to do. In a hazardous workplace where there's risk for accidents, the company should be encouraging safe work practices, not distracting employees with "rah rah" messages when they're operating motorized equipment.
There's a time and a place for everything, and the tarmac ain't the place for this.
What if those same screens are also used for legitimate safety messages? I'm just guessing, but that might be the system used to quickly notify ramp workers of things like ground stops due to lightning. Perhaps someone with airport operations experience might be able to provide details.
Regardless, if an innocuous message on a screen were truly detrimental to pilots or ramp workers, I'm certain their respective unions would say something.