Originally Posted by 450knotOffice

I had only just set the brake on the 321 on Tuesday night - only days after this horrible accident happened - when we got the forward cargo door open ECAM. What in the actual F?! I quickly shut them both down and just shook my head. Somebody literally just got sucked into a smaller jet engine only days prior, but here we are, back to walking directly in front of a jet engine with an 8 foot wide inlet idling away.

We were absolutely dumbfounded. Somehow one would think that EVERY ramper at AA and its regional affiliates would be VERY aware of what just happened and would be really, really wary of that giant vacuum cleaner with blades spinning out there.