Tug4isfastest, which handling company have you worked for that makes so much money? The one I worked for (Europes largest at the time), didn't make that much money. Contribution margins were about 2-4% PBIT. Thats not a lot of money, and the airlines are always trying to lower the rates, and can usually do so because there is always another handling agent prepared to buy the market share. Hence the need for agents to employ people on short term / part time contracts, which can have an influence on ramp safety. With regard to cash being given to managers, are you referring to cash hanling fees? Do you really expect the managers to turn round and give it to the staff? The biggest things to do with ramp safety are sufficient training, which most handling agents do provide, and a fair system for evaluating the cause and guilty party if there is one. Too many times have we seen potentially disastrous incidents go unreported due to the employee not wanting to be blamed unfairly. If an accident is truly an accident then the employee should not necessarily be punished. Although saying that, a few years ago, I had a ramp agent who had had three airframe contacts in one season, so he had to be suspended from ramp duty and put in the baggage hall, as he was obviously too unlucky.