Again, ramp personnel SHOULD NOT be allowed on a ramp with anything more than paper airplanes if they do not know the meaning of a beacon. Period. Full stop. End of story.

There is NO excuse, no rationale, no explanation, no story, no fabel, no myth, no anecdote, no valid reason for putting someone on the operational side of a flight line who does not know the most basic and fundamental elements of safety around the aircraft on that flight line. None.

Anyone who does otherwise should be held criminally liable, and most certainly civilly liable for that death and any resulting injuries, or potential injuries or deaths.

When someone gets sucked through a turbine engine, the reasons really don't matter any more. The excuses pale. The anecdotes dry up and blow away, because they don't bring anybody back and they don't prevent another mishap from occurring.

Again, this isn't a little local tribal knowledge, and it's not a new thing. it's 70+ years old, and it's global. Worldwide.

This incident is one hundred percent preventable, and it's not simply one weak link. It can't be fixed retroactively, but it does not need to happen EVER AGAIN.