Here you go. This is Tempe’s answerBut there are often cirucmstances where things can't be done as timely as we'd like them.
Well if management allows this to occur. OFF WITH THE ORANGE/YELLOW VEST
Here you go. This is Tempe’s answerBut there are often cirucmstances where things can't be done as timely as we'd like them.
I doubt a non-revving F/A working for anyone would go down and start loading bags
If a flight attendant was involved they are violating FAR 121.393, as well as US Airways work group CBAs and airport regulations.
Since when does a F/A, or a pilot, know how to correctly load an aircraft? Especially on a weight and balance sensitive aircraft like that?
If the customer was impressed by this, by posting it he's pretty much lost those two Republic employees thier jobs.
Taking someone else's job should below all of us. Obviously it isn't, race to the bottom, look at this mess of an airline! And wrong and wrong on the other two as a matter of fact.
Doubt they are trained in weight and balance of loading an airplane.
And if they did do it they are scabs.
Worry about flying the planes and serving passengers.
Any of those "Kids" at Republic could be 15+ year US Airways veteran pilots who just happen to be furloughed.
I have been in PHL parked at the gate with no rampers anywhere. So on those occasions, I have gone to the back of the plane (CRJ200), opened up the cargo door, and brought the passenger carry on bags forward so that the passengers could be on their way to a connecting flight. Am I a scab too?
Signed.....one of those "Kids" at PSA.
And did the employee hire an attorney to easily set it right?I have indirect knowledge that US Airways has done exactly the "Nonsense" of which you speak. REPEATEDLY!!! It is easier for an employee to just "Do Nothing" thanks to the enlightened management.
It is one of the most persistent rumors among front-line airline employees that this is true. I would be interested in seeing actual statistics about denied WC claims and the reasons for the denial (statistics I doubt anyone on this board would have), or reading the actual WC documents about the situation you describe.The former America West repeatedly denied workers comp for employee injuries incurred doing the work of other groups, i.e. bagroom agents being injured when clearing jammed up bags in the belt system.
What State are you referring to?To deny a claim because "the employee was doing the work of other groups" with no other odd circumstances at work is simply contrary to WC law.
The crew in fact is NOT being paid while parked at the gate
It's not hard to find an attorney to take a case like that on a contingency basis.I'm quite sure that while earning the princely sum of $9.59/hr that was the very first thing he/she has money budgeted for AFTER the expense of eating and living indoors. :down:
The general WC principle in all states is that if an employee is acting within the scope of her or his employment, s/he is covered. "Scope of employment" is interpreted very broadly. An airline employee getting injured while at work in an airport or on an airplane would certainly count, even if the airline cannot point to some specific language somewhere stating that it was the job of the employee to be performing the specific task s/he was performing when the injury occurred. Further, WC liability is a "no-fault" concept, so an employee can't try to "blame" the employee in order to avoid the employee being compensated (although most employers will browbeat the employee with the "how could this accident have been avoided" type of nonsense; however, that doesn't affect payment under the WC statute).What State are you referring to?
It is one of the most persistent rumors among front-line airline employees that this is true. I would be interested in seeing actual statistics about denied WC claims and the reasons for the denial (statistics I doubt anyone on this board would have), or reading the actual WC documents about the situation you describe.
You'd lose that bet.Bet it's the same one I graduated from. "None U"
What kind of documents or statistics would prove a negative like this?Do you have documents or a link to statistics verifying that this is the most persistent rumors amongst front-line airline employees?
The lack of any ACTUAL cases of people being denied WC (with that decision being upheld by the relevant state WC appeals board) for things like your earlier example, or for a F/A being injured when helping a passenger on a plane stow luggage, is proof enough.Do you have anything other than anecdotal evidence to support your statement?
For a simple, basic WC case like that, go to the yellow pages or call your union for a referral.OK then Oh Oracle of knowledge does one find a competent one? Lawyers aren't created equal.