NW baggage handlers mishandle packages
Dec 20, 2000, 2:03 am
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NW baggage handlers mishandle packages
Northwest Airlines said Tuesday it may punish baggage handlers caught on television treating holiday packages like basketballs.
http://www.newsday.com/ap/national/ap741.htm
http://www.newsday.com/ap/national/ap741.htm
Dec 20, 2000, 11:07 am
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"MAY punish"? What a joke...
I think each package owner should get 5 minutes with the baggage handlers in question!
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I think each package owner should get 5 minutes with the baggage handlers in question!
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Dec 20, 2000, 1:44 pm
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Dec 20, 2000, 2:54 pm
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There are now reportedly three suspensions!
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Three baggage handlers were suspended Wednesday by Northwest Airlines after they were shown on television treating holiday packages like basketballs.
``We were embarrassed and disturbed by their actions,'' said Northwest vice president Dirk McMahon.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/nati...-Packages.html
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Three baggage handlers were suspended Wednesday by Northwest Airlines after they were shown on television treating holiday packages like basketballs.
``We were embarrassed and disturbed by their actions,'' said Northwest vice president Dirk McMahon.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/nati...-Packages.html
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Dec 20, 2000, 7:40 pm
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Mail contracts are a very lucrative source of income for the airlines. It would be interesting to se what (if any) action is taken by the USPS. Baggage handlers seem immune to sanctions......witness the "secret tapes" of some of them a few years ago rummaging through the checked baggage suitcases and pocketing whatever they wanted.
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Dec 21, 2000, 1:49 pm
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It's unfortunate that packages are handled this way, and I hope the lack of judgment is punished. Nevertheless, judging from the condition of many packages that I have received here in Anchorage, less than proper care during package handling is hardly unusual. 
Dec 21, 2000, 10:12 pm
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Dec 22, 2000, 6:53 am
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I saw the video of these events and have to admit that, although I was glad they weren't my bags, it was pretty funny stuff. Now I understand how some of those wacko baggage damages happen! To the gallows!
Dec 22, 2000, 8:34 am
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Originally posted by tulane85:
Anyone have a link to video footage of this?
Incidentally, the Newsday link is expired and the NYTimes link requires a password.
Anyone have a link to video footage of this?
Incidentally, the Newsday link is expired and the NYTimes link requires a password.
I do have a direct link to the movie, here it is: http://www.kstp.com/News/mail1.mov It's a pretty incriminating clip, check it out...
Jan 5, 2001, 6:39 pm
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Handlers Union Blames Northwest
The union representing three Northwest Airlines baggage handlers who were videotaped playfully tossing mail into a bin five days before Christmas blamed the incident on the airline's outdated equipment.
http://biz.yahoo.com/apf/010105/northwest_.html
The union representing three Northwest Airlines baggage handlers who were videotaped playfully tossing mail into a bin five days before Christmas blamed the incident on the airline's outdated equipment.
http://biz.yahoo.com/apf/010105/northwest_.html
Jan 5, 2001, 7:37 pm
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Hell, why not blame the packages themselves for inconveniently being there or all the post offices who thoughtlessly decided to ship them via Northwest?
Jan 5, 2001, 11:58 pm
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Is it possible that the tossed bags were actually oversize cabin baggage that was gate-checked, and NW wanted to make a point about not abusing the carry-on restrictions?