FOD AT IAD
Delay after boarding at IAD yesterday evening gave me plenty of leisure in which to observe activity on the ramp at Concourse C. Immediately obvious was a mini whirlwind of trash drifting around the base of an adjacent jetway - plastic cups, bags, paper and general rubbish .
In the course of more than an hour - the delay was bag-related, was there a baggage slow down at IAD yesterday? - none of the ramp personnel or nearby flight crew seem to have thought it their business to get the mess cleared up.
UAL seem to take a positive pride in their disinterested style of cabin service but I'd always rather hoped they were more professional on operational matters. Quite apart from the safety aspects of a contaminated apron, this random observation suggests a culture in which loose trash around running engines is seen as somebody else's responsibility.
Anybody - especially from IAD/UAL - care to comment? Assuming, that is, you can take time off from making self-congratulatory in-flight videos!