I'm not saying that this particular crunch has anything to do with what I'm about to say but having been on the receiving end of a tug driver's rant the other day, who knows.
Whilst on a remote stand trying to repair the aircraft IFE system, a tug driver came aboard to move the aircraft to it's departing stand. Nothing unusual about that but his remarks when told he would have to wait up to 10 minutes as we were software loading were somewhat unbelievable for 10.15 am. He went into a right rant about this being job and knock (early trap) and he wanted to get away, blah, blah, blah. As he was only 4 hours into an 8 or 12 hour shift makes you wonder that he might have been about to go to a second job. He kept mumbling for ages about being kept from going home (even though he would still be on the company's shift) getting more irate every minute. We on the other hand were not amused by his actions as we hadn't even had breakfast by then.
Yes the tuggies do do a good job but they also get away with murder depending on the company they work for. They also seem to make their own rules for driving about on the ramp areas (when not attached to an aircraft I hasten to add)
