Mr Airport Baggage Handler
 

Sad story in PHL yesterday... US Airways lost a 22 y.o. ramper to an on the job accident.

The ramp is a dangerous place.

Haha Ill say. You wouldnt think it is, but it can be.

Found this site. I could spend an hour listening to these.

Bud Light Real Men of Genius Commercials ... Listen Now! - Jim and Lynnette's Fun Times Guide

Those are hilarious. I like the "Mr Really Stinky Breath Breather Outer"

I've never worked a 121 ramp, but working on a GA ramp can bite you if you're not careful. We had one pilot of a West Wind almost run over our line guy because he was in such a hurry he couldn't follow instructions. This was after he told our manager that he doesn't do checklists because they're a waste of time.:eek:

anyone know what happened?

http://www.aviationtoday.com/am/issu...cus/23029.html good article on ramp dangers. "27,000 ramp accidents and incidents occur annually worldwide and around 243,000 people are injured — about nine per 1,000 departures."

The Westwind is a fuel emergency waiting to happen, so their haste is not surprising.

I got a nice faceful of jet blast on my way to a 172 yesterday by a Citation driver who was also in a hurry...I was fifty or so feet behind the airplane and this guy stood them up to some large percentage of N1 to break away. Knocked my sunglasses off. :(

The 121 ramps are dangerous—GA ramps are dangerous for different reasons. A combination of student pilots plus hurrying corporate pilots, plus oft less-than-well-trained ramp handlers is a setup for disaster. Keep your head on a swivel—that's the ONLY way to prevent tragedy on the ramp.