FML : (VIDEO) Baggage Handler Filmed Tossing Luggage Confirms Everyone's Suspicions About How Your Luggage Is Handled At Airports

(VIDEO) Baggage Handler Filmed Tossing Luggage Confirms Everyone's Suspicions About How Your Luggage Is Handled At Airports

By / lundi 28 mai 2018 10:00

Handle with care, shmandle with shmare. Airport staff don't give a damn about your luggage.

Vanessa Marsh, a traveler at Honolulu Airport who was in line for her flight to Phoenix bore witness to what many frequent travelers have often suspected: baggage mishandling. Luckily for everyone, she was able to take a quick video to prove it.

The mystery of all my broken suitcases is solved - this is the ground crew at Honolulu loading up a @HawaiianAir flight to Phoenix. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ pic.twitter.com/rPwVobqXZO
— Vanessa Marsh (@vanessaleemarsh) May 9, 2018

As you can see in the video, the bags are tossed so forcefully that they even bounce a bit off of the chute. According to The Daily Mail, the video was viewed more than 300,000 times. The incident got so much attention that it even prompted Hawaiian Airlines to respond.

Aloha Vanessa, we’re very sorry to see this and appreciate you bringing it to our attention. The way these bags were handled is not acceptable and our Airport Operations Management team is addressing this situation. Thank you.
— Hawaiian Airlines (@HawaiianAir) May 10, 2018

So far, there has been no confirmation that the woman who can be seen handling the baggage carelessly in the video has been fired. Regardless, frequent travelers have always known that this is what was going on with their luggage behind the scenes, and we can only hope that Vanessa's video will make somewhat of an impact.

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By gring40 | 10

#7640417 - Monday 28 May 2018 23:18

Sure the baggage handler is lazy, but the airline is at fault as well, because the handler is forced to hoist the baggage over a railing before depositing it in the chute. This is a poor setup.

By Sertorius | 4

#7640401 - Monday 28 May 2018 22:34

That woman should get a job in package delivery. She's got the throwin' arm.

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By Sertorius | 4

#7640401 - Monday 28 May 2018 22:34

That woman should get a job in package delivery. She's got the throwin' arm.

By gring40 | 10

#7640417 - Monday 28 May 2018 23:18

Sure the baggage handler is lazy, but the airline is at fault as well, because the handler is forced to hoist the baggage over a railing before depositing it in the chute. This is a poor setup.

By Late For Breakfast | 13

#7640427 - Tuesday 29 May 2018 0:04

Bags get tossed around everywhere at airports, you’re kidding yourself if you think that they don’t.

By thatslifeiguess7 | 15

#7640451 - Tuesday 29 May 2018 2:01

Um they told us this in the luggage ads in the 70s & 80s with a gorrilla throwing luggage

By Zekfen | 17

#7640469 - Tuesday 29 May 2018 3:18

I worked the night shift at UPS back when they manually sorted packages instead of the machines they do now. Two of the belts we sorted to were on the ground. My first night on the job I was told “fragile means kick it harder”.

By Zarfus | 9

#7640495 - Tuesday 29 May 2018 7:14

Most of this is the person's fault, the other is the company's fault. That is a really bad setup for moving baggage.

By John Nemeth | 13

#7640562 - Tuesday 29 May 2018 11:00

So that’s how my China set got reduced to powder....

By Lobby_Bee | 16

#7640586 - Tuesday 29 May 2018 11:38

I don't know what most people think when they check their suitcase in, the suitcase continental? Your suitcase gets a clay spa treatment with a massage?