Comair/TYS

[TedCFII]

Heard he was walking down the stairs as the jetbridge started moving and lost balance and fell under jetbridge. Had to amputate one leg. Last I was told as previously posted at UT Medical Center in serious condition.

 

[A-V-8]

He fell from the stairs on the jet way. Today I was told by a fellow employee of his that both of his legs had to be amputated and he is paralyzed from around the lower back down. Tough times especially during Christmas. The jet bridge tires went over him after he fell. It happened on the lower end gates. I am not sure which one. DGS handles the whole airport. I am United Express so I was up on 7. There is a separation of the employees at DGS and he was in a different code share than the folks on the gate I was on. This is just terrible. I hope that we all use this to realize one of the hazards of our chosen profession and are careful on the stairs especially when the jet way is moving. IOE captains should use this as a teaching point for the new guys. Could be a good initiative for ALPA safety.

 

[hobbsmeter]

Sad indeed, especially this time of year.
I wish him a successful recovery.
Let's ALL be careful out there, no matter what our job title is.

 

[Seaknight1]

He fell from the stairs on the jet way. Today I was told by a fellow employee of his that both of his legs had to be amputated and he is paralyzed from around the lower back down. Tough times especially during Christmas. The jet bridge tires went over him after he fell. It happened on the lower end gates. I am not sure which one. DGS handles the whole airport. I am United Express so I was up on 7. There is a separation of the employees at DGS and he was in a different code share than the folks on the gate I was on. This is just terrible. I hope that we all use this to realize one of the hazards of our chosen profession and are careful on the stairs especially when the jet way is moving. IOE captains should use this as a teaching point for the new guys. Could be a good initiative for ALPA safety.

The ramper is a Comair employee. Actually Comair does above and below wing cutomer service for Delta/DCI and United Express in TYS.

 

[CRJ puppy]

yep, definitley Comair, not DGS.

My thoughts are with the individual, his coworkers and his family.

 

[DrewBlows]

I forget the airline, but in Dayton a ramper was killed a few years back loading and unloading a RJ. Not a laughing matter.

A Comair employee was killed at DTW in 2006.

An ASIG employee was killed at DTW in 2007.

A Pinnacle employee was killed at DAY in 2007.

I'm sure I'm preaching to the quire when I say an airport ramp is an unforgiving place to work. There are a million ways to hurt yourself out there and a lot of distractions. It's loud, cold, hot, and sometimes you feel rushed.

I cringe every time I see someone doing a walk around while talking on their phone. Waiting to make or take a call could be the difference between serious injury/death or a close call.

 

[flyboyike]

I'm sure I'm preaching to the quire when I say an airport ramp is an unforgiving place to work.

I doubt it. You may, however, be preaching to the choir.

 

[brokedash]

That is horrendous of what happened to the ramper!
Not only will be dependant on a wheel chair for the rest of his life, he will have to cope with the anger and mental anguish he is sure to suffer from.

Best to him and his family during these trying times.

BTW off topic, kind of, but what did Rick do to get suspended? As Walt would say, I'm curious for the deets.

 

[brokedash]

Also, does anyone know why the ramper was walking down the stairs as the jet way was moving? I've seen rampers do this before and it's not very safe. If the ramper has to drive a tug or wing walk, I think they could wait 5 seconds until the jetway stops...

 

[DrewBlows]

I doubt it. You may, however, be preaching to the choir.

D'oh!:laugh: I tried about three different spellings and settled on the one that looked the least wrong. Oh well...

 

[Nindiri]

I cringe every time I see someone doing a walk around while talking on their phone. Waiting to make or take a call could be the difference between serious injury/death or a close call.

Or squeezing between the belt loader and the airplane instead of taking 3 seconds to walk around it.

 

[wmuflyguy]

Or squeezing between the belt loader and the airplane instead of taking 3 seconds to walk around it.

I used to do that until the accident in DTW a couple years back, I stopped that practice and I believe Comair put out a memo about not to do it on walkarounds.

 

[say again]

What a horrible tragedy!! Be careful out there gang, whatever it is you may do.


And BTW- I hate the term deets, sounds so juvenile and moronic. Then again, that about sums up FI 85% of the time.