I can't believe the exaggeration and baloney broadcast on that ABC news item. Talk about unsubstantiated rumours! Encounters with airbridges and baggage trucks are a routine item on AAIB bulletins, most of which are down to groundstaff error when analysed. I should imagine that the groundstaff are being paid even less than the pilots these days, and probably suffer the same decline of enthusiasm for work that is devoid of glamour and mostly isolated and out in the cold and rain.