Originally Posted by
Oxnardjan
This worker is careless, but seems to have few options, that is quite a drop from the plane to the cart. Why doesn't Alaska Airlines or all airlines have a luggage carrier that was on a scissor lift that could be raised to the door of the plane so luggage could be off loaded at the same level, or at least a slide that went to a cart on the ground? Seems to me that there could be a better and safer way to off load luggage in this situation.
I don't think I have ever seen baggage handlers offloading a plane from the cargo door direct to cart; there is a conveyor belt that transits from the cargo hold to the cart where (usually) the handler picks up the luggage, turns and puts it on the cart. I have seen some luggage tossed onto the belt from inside the cargo hold and as a result it falls off the belt. The only time I have seen (and I do not watch all the time) luggage being placed directly into the hold is last minute items before the cargo hold is secured.
As far as the union issue goes.......because their union means they get a free pass not doing their job properly? Tail wagging the dog?