Originally Posted by
Agaricus bisporus
Couldn't see what this thread has to do with ladders, but here is one on topic...
I get pissed off at having to climb fuel ladders in the rain too, especially at CDG whrere the idle froggy b@stard refuellers won't even do their own job and make pilots do it instead.
Are we insured to climb ladders covered in grease and fuel? What does Health and Safety have to say about eye protection, fuel proof steel toecap boots and hard hats for scrambling up ladders underneath 10 tons of kerosene?
Come on you cotton-wool merchants, this is a case where we really do need your protection, for God's sake get on the case!
Here is a good idea, check with your Association health and safety Rep, who will give you all the answers, and stop the Company you work for requiring you to perform unsafe tasks..alternatively, do a self assessment of risk, and if you think it unsafe, or if you do not have the right equipment, or you are not trained, refuse to do the task, as you are negally entitled, nay, encouraged to do. And if all pilots did that, problem would disappear.