Originally Posted by
WiFly
We absolutely have an impact on crew & on time performance. The same people shutting off APUs in 100° heat or sitting 10 feet from the gate refusing to call ops for wing walkers, are the ones *****ing about how poorly the company treats customers.
You can either do your part and demand better from the rest of the company, or keep up the miserable IDGAF attitude. But not both.
Dude wtf are you going on about? You know good and well that calling OPS for wing walkers doesn’t make a lick of difference. They knew we were coming 200 miles ago when I sent the changeover. They know we are waiting for a gate. Our stations just refuse to hire any more than the bare minimum ground crew to run the operation.
Some stations are notorious for this. Tampa for example. There are 25 people running around the ramp acting like they don’t see or hear a 321 sitting waiting to park and somehow nobody can locate a pair of wands. Every. Time. OPS responds ‘Oh they should be on the way.’ meanwhile we are blocking the alley for 20 minutes while 3 other flights are trying to push.
What about when you are all ready to push but the baggage door stays open until D+5. We can complain all we want but it doesn’t matter. The operation moves at its own speed regardless of what we do.