I guess those interlocks with the airbridge raise the possibility that staff will start relying them and then a microswitch will fail . . . Presumably that's thought of and provided for, but it still seems like a possible failure mode.
OMG. The debate of too much automation dependancy over manual skills has now come down to earth and transferred to ground staff.
You can imagine the discussion on whose fault it was....
It might have gone along the lines of "it was yours." "no it wasn't." "yes it was." "no it wasn't." etc. etc. etc. Bit of a ping pong conversation really. I'll leave you to decide who served first.