Originally Posted by
Fuseplug
... we'd be the ones lawyering up in the off chance something went really wrong. That totally changed my perspective on the whole chair-pushing thing.
Yup. Normally, if something happens when you're doing your job, you're acting as an agent of the company and they're the liable party. If you're working
outside the scope of your employment, however, it may absolve the company of that liability and put it on you.
FOM mention or not, I think you'd have a real uphill battle in court trying to prove that pushing wheelchairs is part of your job as an airline pilot.