No airline can afford to ground ten per cent of its fleet for eight weeks regardless of legendary national wealth.
As costs are cut to the bone and contracting out increases, the incidence of ground accidents is on the rise and the ramp is becoming a more dangerous place to work. Its about time that the handling agents and contractors that blunder about our airports were brought under similar regulatory controls as the airlines. Cowboy handlers and expensive aeroplanes don't mix, not to mention the risks of personal injury or death. While aviation is a disease as much as an occupation, most sufferers have no wish to die from it.
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