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Airlines lose 42 million items of luggage in a year
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk
Airlines mishandled 42 million items of passengers' luggage in a single year, the latest figures show. Full Story http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/tr...in-a-year.html -- EDINBURGH - It's a kinda magic! Edinburgh Airport: Scotland's future Grand Central airport,rail and road terminus. Indisputably Scotland's top International Hub. |
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Airlines lose 42 million items of luggage in a year
On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:23:05 +0100, Joe Curry wrote:
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk Airlines mishandled 42 million items of passengers' luggage in a single year, the latest figures show. Full Story http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/tr...in-a-year.html Although the article says: "Airlines are responsible for checked-in baggage, ..." Isn't the ground staff who move the bags around inside the airport and load/unload it all from planes, employed by the airport - not the airline. So blaming the airline (who admittedly have to compensate you) rather inaccurate when it's not their people / equipment that makes most of the errors. |
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Airlines lose 42 million items of luggage in a year
On 01 Jul 2009 09:08:08 GMT, pete wrote:
Although the article says: "Airlines are responsible for checked-in baggage, ..." Isn't the ground staff who move the bags around inside the airport and load/unload it all from planes, employed by the airport - not the airline. So blaming the airline (who admittedly have to compensate you) rather inaccurate when it's not their people / equipment that makes most of the errors. Very true but what airline would be brave enough to upset a unionised workforce.? -- EDINBURGH - It's a kinda magic! Edinburgh Airport: Scotland's future Grand Central airport,rail and road terminus. Indisputably Scotland's top International Hub. |
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Airlines lose 42 million items of luggage in a year
Joe Curry wrote:
what airline would be brave enough to upset a unionised orkforce.? It would be sort of amusing to ionise them. |
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Airlines lose 42 million items of luggage in a year
On 01 Jul 2009 09:08:08 GMT, pete wrote:
On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:23:05 +0100, Joe Curry wrote: Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk Airlines mishandled 42 million items of passengers' luggage in a single year, the latest figures show. Full Story http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/tr...in-a-year.html Although the article says: "Airlines are responsible for checked-in baggage, ..." Isn't the ground staff who move the bags around inside the airport and load/unload it all from planes, employed by the airport - not the airline. So blaming the airline (who admittedly have to compensate you) rather inaccurate when it's not their people / equipment that makes most of the errors. who, pray tell, employs the ground staff? |
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Airlines lose 42 million items of luggage in a year
Joe Curry wrote:
On 01 Jul 2009 09:08:08 GMT, pete wrote: Although the article says: "Airlines are responsible for checked-in baggage, ..." Isn't the ground staff who move the bags around inside the airport and load/unload it all from planes, employed by the airport - not the airline. So blaming the airline (who admittedly have to compensate you) rather inaccurate when it's not their people / equipment that makes most of the errors. Very true but what airline would be brave enough to upset a unionised workforce.? The same ones that want to make thousands of people redundant? -- John Wright |
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Airlines lose 42 million items of luggage in a year
On Wed, 1 Jul 2009 15:04:15 +0100, (Steve Firth)
wrote: Joe Curry wrote: what airline would be brave enough to upset a unionised workforce.? It would be sort of amusing to ionise them. Careful..It's getting close to the main holiday period. :-( -- EDINBURGH - It's a kinda magic! Edinburgh Airport: Scotland's future Grand Central airport,rail and road terminus. Indisputably Scotland's top International Hub. |
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Airlines lose 42 million items of luggage in a year
On Jul 1, 3:51*pm, Joe Curry wrote:
On 01 Jul 2009 09:08:08 GMT, pete wrote: Although the article says: "Airlines are responsible for checked-in baggage, ..." Isn't the ground staff who move the bags around inside the airport and load/unload it all from planes, employed by the airport - not the airline. So blaming the airline (who admittedly have to compensate you) rather inaccurate when it's not their people / equipment that makes most of the errors. Very true but what airline would be brave enough to upset a unionised workforce.? -- EDINBURGH - It's a kinda magic! Edinburgh Airport: Scotland's future Grand Central airport,rail and road terminus. Indisputably Scotland's top International Hub. that'll be BA....now that mgmt has ****ed up you had better work for nothing |
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Airlines lose 42 million items of luggage in a year
"AZ Nomad" wrote in message ... On 01 Jul 2009 09:08:08 GMT, pete wrote: On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:23:05 +0100, Joe Curry wrote: Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk Airlines mishandled 42 million items of passengers' luggage in a single year, the latest figures show. Full Story http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/tr...in-a-year.html Although the article says: "Airlines are responsible for checked-in baggage, ..." Isn't the ground staff who move the bags around inside the airport and load/unload it all from planes, employed by the airport - not the airline. So blaming the airline (who admittedly have to compensate you) rather inaccurate when it's not their people / equipment that makes most of the errors. who, pray tell, employs the ground staff? Usually a handling company, contracted to the airport owners. Colin Bignell |
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Airlines lose 42 million items of luggage in a year
On Jul 1, 9:23*am, Joe Curry wrote:
Source:http://www.telegraph.co.uk Airlines mishandled 42 million items of passengers' luggage in a single year, the latest figures show. Was this at EDI Scotland International? |
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