RJ vs Cart

[LD3]

Tug was driving in the designated travel lane eastbound abeam D6 when an RJ was pushed off the south side of E Con all the way across the ramp and onto the tug road. Heard from someone @ Mainline that Exp is notorius for using one wing walker leaving one side of the aircraft blind. I would never expect to see an RJ pushed that far from the gate....

 

[Harry Callahan]

This doesn't surprise me. Hopefully no one was injured.

 

[PullUp]

Heard from someone @ Mainline that Exp is notorius for using one wing walker leaving one side of the aircraft blind.

The mainline FOM states that the number of wing-walkers is at the discretion of the station management, but is not defined on a station by station basis. So, you never know how many guys are supposed to be there, only that when the wands start waving, the aircraft is supposed to move. Sometimes ya got one guy, sometimes two or three - sometimes they have wands, sometimes not. Sometimes the sterile area is actually sterile, too - and sometimes it is not (technically, a lot of times it is not). Oh, and no headset? Supposed to push straight back, no turns, then disconnect. Almost never happens. Hand signals? Anyone out there get the correct hand signal for air and power disconnect lately? Yeah, didn't think so.
It's the wild west out there - watch your six (and nine, twelve, and three).
Cheers.

 

[robbedagain]

there was an incident in PHL where the tug or bag cart smacked into the right wing I read the article on aol.com/news but the pic show the windshield smashed and a portion the winglet on the CRJ missing it was a PHL-RIC flight

 

[necigrad]

Every time I've seen a cart hit a plane the plane lost. Looks like the cart got the worst for a change.

 

[BoeingBoy]

Yeah, but a cart is usually cheaper to replace/repair than a plane...

Jim

 

[necigrad]

Actually I'd venture that it's ALWAYS cheaper to fix the cart. MINOR A/C damage probably costs more then replacing the whole cart. I'm just amazed at the damage to the cart though. I've seen cart come unhitched and roll into a plane and I've seen them jetblasted into planes. NEVER did the cart actually collapse like that.

 

[Jimmy Neutron]

As far as most of us on mainline are concerned....the company gets what it deserves in the name of outsourcing mainline work and seeing it from the ground as we do...boy do they get it....the CLT Express operation is a total joke as would be expected, half the time I see more managers working the operation than agents....but hey, that's what the company wants....and they get exactly what they pay (or don't) pay for....

 

[robbedagain]

thats true jimmy n sad but true

 

[Harry Callahan]

As far as most of us on mainline are concerned....the company gets what it deserves in the name of outsourcing mainline work and seeing it from the ground as we do...boy do they get it....the CLT Express operation is a total joke as would be expected, half the time I see more managers working the operation than agents....but hey, that's what the company wants....and they get exactly what they pay (or don't) pay for....

Jimmy, They were total f'd up tonight(not unusual) bags every where. You will most likely see them in the morning.