In the EU as well this role if anything is starting to dissapear with the role shared between the Aircraft Loading Supervisor and the pax final departure gate staff. What has changed ;_ aircraft performance;centralised load control;same loads day after day; improvemnets in forward weather reporting; dumping down of aviation job roles and job describtions; computer systems that do it all automatically, time after time.
Do not be put off as there will always be airline jobs?