this is 2007, not nationalised 1970!
Time for a change....
As for the RHS guys on the ground, for the most part they are all really top notch guys, and they work bloody hard. Where they seem to be let down is by the way they are managed. Their working practices are a bit mind-boggling to say the least.
On a typical Emb145 turnaround yo get the following:
They have a guy that runs around all day in an EBT doing nothing but chocking aircraft. Not loading mind you, just chocking. If steps are needed on arrival, well that is another guy. SO anyways after you aircraft arrives, this guy comes out and chocks the aircraft. Then another couple of lads come out to load the aircraft. And THEN, yet another couple of guys come out to push it back (assuming they havent been pulled off to go do another aircraft completely on the other side of the airport). That is at least FIVE guys on a 145. This could easily be accomplished by 3 at the most as that is how most every other handling agent at MAN does it. Take all that with the fact that RHS has the highest paid loaders on the airport and they use at least 2 extras on every turnaround and it is no wonder they are in such dire straits.