Outrage grows over video showing American Airlines workers tossing a wheelchair down a baggage chute

UK Daily Mail ^ | 11/23/2023 | MARTHA WILLIAMS

[MeganC]

I agree. It always seems that anyone who says something is ‘deeply concerning’ eventually lets on that they were deeply concerned about getting caught.

[Sequoyah101]

I guess public relations and management everywhere suffer from the same social ineptitude and tone deafness. It is on tape. The only response is to fire the guilty and “improve” training. This response is on par with Busch Light.

[Revel]

I hope the video gets on Rumble.

[desertsolitaire]

I don’t remember that film.was that character ok after their tumble or did they get hurt? I had t realized Rochard widmark was such a cad. I remember him from nice gut roles; exception was the film ‘Coma’

[desertsolitaire]

I don’t remember that film.was that character ok after their tumble or did they get hurt? I had t realized Rochard widmark was such a cad. I remember him from nice gut roles; exception was the film ‘Coma’

[cgbg]

Respect for the property of others is called “acting white”.

[9422WMR]

MIA is a trip through the ghetto…

[Bonemaker]

At least the people weren’t in the wheelchairs.

[4Runner]

From the article:

More than 11,000 wheelchairs, scooters and other disability devices were broken by U.S. airlines in 2022, according to the Department of Transformation.

Oh really.

[vetvetdoug]

Surprise, surprise, surprise...diversity and affirmative action on display....

[Night Hides Not]

On the other end of the spectrum, I was in a training class conducted in a meeting room with Zoom. One of my teammates was unaware we could hear him while he was interviewing with another company.

Instead of management being "deeply concerned", he was terminated in rapid fashion.

[Flaming Conservative]

In my memory, he’s almost always the bad guy.

[dfwgator]

“Forget it, Jake! It’s Miami International.”

Worst airport in the country, I dread whenever I have to go there.

[dfwgator]

Ditto for the Atlanta airport.

[vetvetdoug]

Pass through Atlanta and enjoy the compassion and care of the POC at that airport. In Nashville SW Airlines is hiring mostly POC’s and their dedication to service is less than desirable and race based. Older employees I know at BNA state that their service is horrendous and racism towards whites overt. Unfortunately the people hiring are POC’s and are hiring POC’s. Hiring practices as such are contributing to the inefficiency at all airports and will consequently affect safety.

[Hot Tabasco]

That ramp is too steep and the chair is too heavy and traveling too fast for someone to safely try and stop it.

I can easily see a workers comp case in the future.

[thegagline]

Handling with care is obviously racist

[KarlInOhio]

Besides wheelchairs, how about guitars, souvenirs in suitcases, pets?!

It's United that breaks guitars.

United Breaks Guitars

[left that other site]

I never saw the movie...just that scene. It became the quintessential illustration or the ultimate CAD!

[KittyKares]

I actually have seen that video. It’s great. That’s what inspired me to mention guitars.