"Maybe its time the aviation sector thought a bit more about the solution than the problem?"
It's true that additional minds and new thoughts should always be welcome.
The topic of how to reduce musculoskeletal injuries within aviation has challenged the industry, medical experts, the regulators and the unions for many years. progress has been made but there is still a long way to go to substantially reduce the problem.
In essence, the problem starts with the design of the aircraft.
Secondly, we have the ecomonics of the industry, cost over total safety.
Thirdly, it is a global industry and sadly, there are still parts of the globe where it is acceptable to maim and injure individuals because labour is cheap and there is no legal recourse for the injured.
Technical developments have been made:
Sliding carpets - most airlines remove them because of the weight penalty as weight = money.
Another potential solution is advanced loading equipment such as Rampsnake; it only cost x5 the current alternative so very few handling companies can afford them.
Automated bag halls - yes the technology is there and several systems have been tested. The airlines and the ground handlers do not, generally, own the airport infrastructure so getting capital investement to completely redesign and re-build baghalls is not top priority for the airport owners. After all, it's not there employees who are being injured.
The simplest way to resolve the problem is to reduce the load that has to be moved i.e. the bag. Not rocket science. Education along with regualtion CAn make a difference. The 'naysayers' all said that 32kgs was unenforceable in the UK - wrong; just as 23kgs WILL be enforced in the UK - it just does not solve the global issue.
So my friend, your thoughts and solutions would be very welcome.