BA baggage handler 1.6mill OOPPSSSS...

[williamsf1]

opps.... now where did I leave that scanner??

Baggage handler's epic $1.6 million blunder | News.com.au

 

[Pollywaffle]

Mortification is the least of the handler's problems.

 

[Hvr]

Shouldn't there be a procedure to check them out and account for them when a flight is about to leave?

If there wasn't there soon will be!

 

[SeatBackForward]

Chalk that up as a Turd Strike.

 

[amaroo]

According to the union - it was the airlines fault

 

[Hvr]

Shouldn't the title be "oops" rather than "opps"? :mrgreen:

I was just scanning it and realised it didn't seem correct.

 

[samh004]

That sucks, but assume insurance probably covers things like this.

 

[ash.1111]

At my airline, there's an underlying company "rule"(?) that honest mistakes are just that, mistakes. But if there was some sort of procedure defiance, then it's not okay.

I'd bet that this object wasn't meant to be put there in the first place. Airlines are very good at creating procedures to minimise risks (swiss cheese model). In saying that, I'm happy to be proven wrong as I don't work on the ground.

 

[docjames]

Humans make mistakes. In this case, an expensive one.

 

[The Rok]

According to the Telegraph in London the damage was £4,000,000 STG....

 

[Hvr]

That sucks, but assume insurance probably covers things like this.

There goes the no claim bonus.