Hole found in Alaska plane (CONTRACT BAGGAGE HANDLER HIT PLANE - DIDN'T REPORT IT)

KING5.com ^ | 12/27/05 | KING5.com

[mad_as_he$$]

A 707? Yikes.

[Dashing Dasher]

Thanks.
I promise to be careful.

[mad_as_he$$]

I am pretty sure this clown used to drive lift trucks at my place of employment.

[Fierce Allegiance]

ROFLMAO, you have a fan club. Of your earobatic skills.

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[Dashing Dasher]

You are in my fan club - just for my wit and lovable personality!

[Fierce Allegiance]

And you are my sister.

[Dashing Dasher]

Smooch on you, Brother Dozer!

[ArmyTeach]

I'm not really surprised. When we first flew Alaska in the 80s and 90s is was a class act all around. When I saw that Eskimo I was proud to be Alaskan. Now I'm almost afraid to fly Alaska. At the rate that they cancel flights for 'maintenance problems,' you have to wonder about the quality of their routine maintenance program. They're always being 'blindsided' by maintenance. They are just sloppy. Alaska, are you listening?

[Kathy in Alaska]

I hope they are listening. I don't really want to change airlines.

[HardStarboard]

Hey, Alaska is a great airline.

They have suspended the baggage handler responsible for the hole in the airplane. This is a courageous move - you know how tough those unions are!

[Dashing Dasher]

They have suspended the baggage handler responsible for the hole in the airplane. This is a courageous move - you know how tough those unions are!

That is the saddest thing I have heard in a long time.

This "baggage handler" could have killed an entire plane load of people and they merely SUSPENDED HIM?

Unions have outgrown their usefulness if they are now protecting idiots.

Do you think he'll be back working at the airport again soon?

Aaaahhh!!

[HardStarboard]

>>>A top Menzies executive, Clive Macmillan, says problems like these happen every time they take over an operation and it usually takes about six months to get the ramp work going smoothly.

"It's part of doing business," he said. "Absolutely nothing unusual at all, I think this is an absolutely standard pattern."

I have a reasonably highly placed friend at Alaska...I am confident he will be interested in this quote from Menzies.

[Central Scrutiniser]

We had someone run a provisioning truck into the horizontal stabilizer on a brand new (less than a week in service) A319.

Airbus had to load up a new stabilizer and fly it in on the Beluga.

It was cool to see the Beluga though.

[HardStarboard]

notice in your picture, the baggage handler isn't paying attention to anything important either!

Maybe its an occupational affliction.

[phantomworker]

Is it getting late? I don't understand. Was the new A319 horiz stab made of composites? What is the Beluga (not the A380?)?

[4woodenboats]

Thanks for that hattend. I feel alot more comfortable now.

[Central Scrutiniser]

The Beluga is:

Its a modified A300.

[phantomworker]

OMG, I never saw that before! That's funny! Why do they need the A380 if they have this!!! LOL!

[Central Scrutiniser]

Its mostly empty space. It is used to transport parts between the sites in England and Spain with the assembly in Toulouse.

Its pretty cool to see.