Oh What's going on here? What have I missed? Was ABIW using his earnings as a comfort blanket again?
Oodles of Civilian Loadmasters are ex-Movements Tradesmen. Why because they know how to load the aircraft and get it back off and moreso how to do it when the item is a 9ton bag of crap and all you have is a broken sack truck! I spent years in the RAF trying to load freight which was correctly prepared in acc/w IATA regs, RAF regs et al and still the RAF Loadie was attemting to ditch on a whim! They never understand that payload is profit!
Mind you they are good at Catering and have a wealth of experience on cheesecakes... No, with the one exception of a really nice guy ex-LM now on 124s I wouldn't give them the time of day. lb for £ a Mover is better... Oh and he earned his rank!