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"Rule of 3" suffering in Thailand's red light districts {Gadling}

Jul 16th 2009 1:27AM its okay, neither do I. definitely not a duh

Galley Gossip: Attention Sharon Stone, GIVE ME THAT BAG! {Gadling}

Jul 16th 2009 1:24AM I beg to differ about the rampers lifting bags over their heads. that happens quite a bit actually. but our physical requirements are probably at a significantly higher standard than that of a flight attendant. an us rampers like the CRJs too because that means we have less bags to heave on to the carousel :-D

Monumental "mixup" - US Airways delivers casket instead of tropical fish {Gadling}

Mar 14th 2009 3:21PM I work in the cargo department of the largest combination (passengers and cargo) airline in the world. When a driver hands me paperwork, I get in that forklift and look at what is called the air waybill number. It consists of 11 numbers. The first three are for identifying what airline it came in on and the next 8 are for the actual package. In the warehouse, we look at the last 4 numbers on the AWB and determine what frieght needs to go where. This is probably a simple mistake on the part of a ramp or warehouse employee that did not read the AWB correctly. It is also the responsibilty of the driver to cross check the AWB on the piece of freight they are picking up with the AWB they got from the cargo or luggage agents. All of this leads to one observation. I don't care what you're picking up. I only match up the numbers and give you the boxes. The difference may seem huge if you are looking at what the actual freight was supposed to be, but not when you realize the underpaid warehouse and ramp workers don't give a hoot what they're working with.