I saw a thread previously about everyone's favorite controllers, and it got me thinking that we need to show some love to the ground crew/rampers. Anyone that's willing to stand out there in 0-degree weather slinging bags for $10/hour has my respect!

That being said, I'm sure we've all had our favorite stations with the ground crew and of course our least favorites.

My personal least favorite would have to be JFK... can't even understand half the ground people when they try to talk to you and when they do they are just unfriendly pricks (not sure if I can say that or not).

My favorite would have to have been the former Comair/Regional Elite rampers in Dayton. Those guys/gals were always on the ball whenever I flew in and whenever we needed a quick turn they were always ready and willing, even with two other planes on the ground and short-handed. I actually witnessed one of the rampers single-handedly load a plane by himself, as everyone else was over on a mainline flight. The poor guy was running up and down the beltloader to load our 200 and looked like he was about to die. After I saw what was going on I went out and tossed the bags on the belt for him so he could load the bin. Very appreciative fellow and we still managed to get out 5-minutes early!

How bout anyone else? Any fun little stories or anything that anyone would like to share? Figure it'd be fun to have a happy thread amid all the doom and gloom threads going on right now.