More "ramp rash" for Alaska in LAX

[igneousy2]

Two Alaska Airlines planes bump at LAX


Associated Press - August 27, 2007 11:04 PM ET
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The FAA says it is investigating an incident involving two Alaska Airlines jetliners at Los Angeles International Airport.
Authorities say a Boeing 737 carrying 117 passengers bumped into another 737 while pulling away from the gate this afternoon. No one was hurt.
Alaska spokeswoman Amanda Bielawski says Washington, D.C.-bound flight 006 was pushing back from the gate "at a very slow speed" when its left winglet bumped into the tail of an empty 737 that was parked at the next gate.
Bielawski says both aircraft sustained minor damage which will take a day or two to repair.
The airline says passengers were taken off the Washington, D.C.-bound plane and rebooked on other flights.

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[igneousy2]

There has got to be a point at which the amount of savings for having ultra-low cost labor is less than the cost of the damage and disruption they cause.

 

[Capi_Cafre']

Mmmmmmmenzies!

 

[flying4food]

Paaannnnnnnzzzzzzziiiesss!!!!

Bill is getting exactly what he's paying for!!!

He would fair just as good by going out to Labor Ready or the parking lot of Home Depot and recruiting folks to work for peanuts.

Alaska is slowly becoming Ghetto Air!!

 

[IAHERJ]

We have had our fair share of winglet problems in EWR as well. Even had one of our guys take out several RJ tails in one swoop!!

 

[Rhino]

not a bump

more like a "slice". the winglet cut a gash in the composite elevator over a foot long. impressive. i didn't think the winglet was so strong and sharp.

winglet removed-replaced and that jet is flying again. the other jet (aka goofy-blue) isn't so lucky. maintenance is making a one-time ferry flight repair to get it to a location where it can be properly fixed.

it would be interesting to know how much "savings" alaska has seen since the rampers were replaced.

 

[~~~^~~~]

Like most airlines, Alaska is insured. Once the damage exceeds their deductibles, they do not too much care.

If the rampers work under a different corporate structure, even better. The airline will send them a bill for not only their damaged airplane, but lost profits too.

 

[mach none]

If you have too many claims, your insurance premiums go up. In the worse case, insurance would become too expensive or unobtainable.

They care only because it is becoming a PR nightmare. Rampers putting holes in the jets, stealing stuff from bags. Gang graffiti in the cargo holds. This list goes on but you get the idea. There will be a change, but it will only be brought about because of the media.

Oh, and one other thing...FIRE BILL AYER.

 

[wmuflyguy]

Like most airlines, Alaska is insured. Once the damage exceeds their deductibles, they do not too much care.

If the rampers work under a different corporate structure, even better. The airline will send them a bill for not only their damaged airplane, but lost profits too.

Except it will cost them in the long run with higher insurance premiums. T

hey may not even make claims to the insurance company for things like this in order to keep the insurance premium from going up.

Just like you would have higher car insurance if you kept getting into accidents and making insurance claims.

 

[CutEmUp]

But unlike personal auto insurance, commercial insurance usually requires the insured to report LOSSES not CLAIMS. Even if you do not make a claim you can still be penalized for losses that you paid for yourself.

 

[Snapshot]

Sounds like it's going to come out of Menzies' insurance, not Alaska's...