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08-30-2012 | 06:41 PM
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I've never figured out where it's written that we're supposed to have our bags loaded up by anyone from the company/ramp. Can anyone post the FOM reference? Making a big deal out of this is a pointless waste of time, although not unexpected on this board. My solution is to carry my own if no one else does and go on with my day. The day I can't lift a 30-40 pound bag up a couple of flights of stairs may be the day I should think about calling it quits. Of course there's a few out there that are carrying said weight around their waist. Maybe they're the ones with the debilitating handicap.
08-30-2012 | 07:40 PM
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I've never figured out where it's written that we're supposed to have our bags loaded up by anyone from the company/ramp. Can anyone post the FOM reference? Making a big deal out of this is a pointless waste of time, although not unexpected on this board. My solution is to carry my own if no one else does and go on with my day. The day I can't lift a 30-40 pound bag up a couple of flights of stairs may be the day I should think about calling it quits. Of course there's a few out there that are carrying said weight around their waist. Maybe they're the ones with the debilitating handicap.
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08-30-2012 | 07:44 PM
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I'm betting it's in the International Ramp Manual. Do you think they've been doing it all these years just to be nice?
08-30-2012 | 07:56 PM
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Actually it was in the international section of the FOM until about 3 yrs ago. Suspect it was removed because of issues in Germany. This was a carry-over from Flying Tigers.
08-31-2012 | 10:28 AM
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08-31-2012 | 11:34 AM
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It is not that we are too good to carry them, it is not that their backs are not as important as ours....it is that after an international leg often times have been in the jet from 10-14 hours and are stove up for lack of a better term (little airplanes excluded). Just saying, they have been contentious towards us for quite some time at that ramp and it is a little annoying for them to raid our stuff that we ordered. Last time I checked it is the Captain's plane until he gets off, actually for 30 minutes after block-in. I often times in the summer take bottled waters around to the loaders (who have been told not to get the bottled water), so I am all about sharing, just expect a little common courtesy.
08-31-2012 | 03:42 PM
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08-31-2012 | 04:00 PM
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And nothing is better on a warm day when something ripe joins you in the cockpit or stands too close in the courier compartment.
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