Originally Posted by
Tar Heel
Once flew with a Captain who was chided by a ramp steward for the union in CLT because he carried a stroller from the base of the stairs up to the top of the jetbridge. Then again I guess the ramper in question thought it was okay for the customer travelling solo with three kids to have to wait another 10 minutes. Point is, he tried to help and got scolded. Never again would I be inclined to help out after seeing that experience. Such experiences - which really aren't a huge deal as it was made out to be, are the reasons why perhaps more pilots don't take such initiative. It's not that we wouldn't want to, it's just sometimes not worth the hassles. Either way kudos to him.
I got a call from the CP's office chastising me for helping the lone ramp agent unload the yellow tag bags on a 1 hour turn. Pax were off and the APU was shutdown, I walk off the airplane to burn one and there's everyone still standing there waiting for their gate checked bags. I help the ramp guy drag those around, then helped unload the checked bags.
7 days later I got the call telling me not to do it again since I wasn't trained in lifting heavy stuff. Went to a fractional shortly thereafter. Screw 'em.