Posted on 12/04/2022 3:42:32 PM PST by george76
Australian baggage handlers have been issued a stern warning by the CEO of a top national ground services provider after shocking footage of mishandling emerged online.
Qantas and Swissport Australia have launched an “urgent investigation” after employees were filmed slamming luggage onto a conveyor belt.
The footage, understood to have been filmed at Melbourne airport, shows three baggage handlers – who have been stood down pending investigation – throwing, kicking, and slamming passengers’ luggage onto a conveyor belt.
Some bags are thrown so hard that they fall off the other side of the belt.
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One man is shown laughing while another man lifts a bag above his head, hurling it down towards the belt with force.
In another instance, one of the three handlers is shown throwing a bag a considerable distance down the line, despite the belt being right in front of him.
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A Qantas spokesperson said the incident was “clearly not acceptable”, confirming an “urgent” probe was underway.
Qantas contracts Swissport for ground handling at the Melbourne Airport.
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People on social media were appalled when responding to the confronting footage.
“It’s sad, but I honestly don’t expect better from Qantas anymore,
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I remember collecting a large suitcase when I arrived back at LaGuardia Airport in NYC and finding significant ripping of the fabric around the zipper in this brand-new, never before used bag I’d purchased for my trip. When I approached the luggage claim people, the black woman behind the counter could hardly contain her laughter at my situation. She only reluctantly gave me a number to call. I also noticed she made a big effort to hide her name tag from me. I asked for the supervisor. He was no better than her. A matching pair of slugs, complete wastes of salary. I later wrote the airline, pointing out to them that they were in deep financial difficulty and did they really need these two representing them to the public? I received a letter that the two outrageous slugs would be dealt with, although it did not specify how. Plenty of decent people need jobs. These two needed jail time.
I’ve been trying to make myself watch “Dickensian”. Both a prequel and continuation of characters and plot lines from Dickens’ stories. My wife like it. I was never a huge Dickens fan so I tolerate it.
They will go work at UPS, Fedex etc....
If there was one time I should have placed the sarcasm sign this was it. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
Also, I recenlty had two Amazon packages handled at the end by the USPS and they were scanned as "delivered" but I never got them. Within around 40-50 minutes of the internet message of delivery I went out to get them but they were gone. Maybe porch pirates but why not take the 3 other people's packages? Made complaint but the USPS covered it's ugly rear end by the computer showing delivered and the sub mail carrier denied stealing them.
So I hope painful things happen to my opponents at the Post Office and again am sorry I didn't use the sarcasm tag on the post.
Some people need to be defenestrated at FL350 ...
Before even attempting such a thing, one must first ask whether such a reinvention is necessary or desirable. Since it is neither ("climate change" is a fraud), attempting such a change even on a small scale is a waste of resources.
Exactly right! It’s a huge fraud on first principles.
It’s a big fraud because the solutions they are pursuing are not technically feasible at any price.
It’s become a huge payoff juggernaut with lots of people and companies making a lot of money, so it won’t be possible to stop it until there is massive failure (like we are seeing in Europe now).
Definitely an FU message that translated to ‘whatta ya gonna do about it, SUCKAH!’
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