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2. Baggage handler - Wikipedia

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   Baggage handler. In the airline industry, a baggage handler is a person who loads and unloads baggage (suitcases or luggage), and other cargo (airfreight, mail, counter-to-counter packages) for transport via aircraft. With most airlines, the formal job title is "fleet service agent/clerk", though the position is commonly known amongst airline ...

3. Aircraft ground handling - Wikipedia

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   Airbus A380-800 operated by Qatar Airways on apron outside Heathrow Terminal 4 with a wide range of ground handling equipments around such as aircraft container, pallet loader, ULD, jet air starter, belt loader, pushback tug, catering vehicles and dollies. Many airlines subcontract ground handling to airports, handling agents or even to another ...

4. Aircraft marshalling - Wikipedia

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   Activity. Marshalling is one-on-one visual communication and a part of aircraft ground handling. It may be as an alternative to, or additional to, radio communications between the aircraft and air traffic control. The usual equipment of a marshaller is a reflective safety vest, a helmet with acoustic earmuffs, and gloves or marshalling wands ...

5. From pilots to ramp agents - U.S. airlines go all out to staff up

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   CHICAGO (Reuters) -From offering premium pay to hefty signing bonuses or poaching workers from other airlines, American carriers are scrambling to ramp up staffing for the holiday season and ...

6. Ground crew - Wikipedia

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   In all forms of aviation, ground crew[1] (also known as ground operations in civilian aviation) are personnel that service aircraft while on the ground, during routine turn-around; as opposed to aircrew, who operate all aspects of an aircraft whilst in flight. The term ground crew is used by both civilian commercial airlines and in military ...

7. Air traffic controller - Wikipedia

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   Except at quieter airports, air traffic control is a 24-hour, 365-day-a-year job where controllers usually work rotating shifts, including nights, weekends, and public holidays. These are usually set 28 days in advance. In many countries, the structure of controllers' shift patterns is regulated to allow for adequate time off.

8. Ground support equipment - Wikipedia

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   Ground support equipment. Ground support equipment (GSE) is the support equipment found at an airport, usually on the apron, the servicing area by the terminal. This equipment is used to service the aircraft between flights. As the name suggests, ground support equipment is there to support the operations of aircraft whilst on the ground.

9. Worker killed at Alabama airport was too close to jet engine ...

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   An airline worker killed in a Dec. 31 incident at an Alabama airport was exposed to multiple warnings ... The report also noted instances when two ramp agents saw workers get too close to the ...