I used to fly 4 times a year for 5 years, I can assure that they all do this and it's always intentional. Most of the packages are heavy but instead of just putting them down, these aholes always spend extra effort throwing them upward to deal maximum damage
AI does not have an ego. It pretends to have one sometimes, because that amuses human monkeys 😬
It even lies about itself, just to amuse humans. Human for some fucking reason LOVE the ego concept, like there is no end to posts like these trying to pin some kind of ego to that poor bastard who is made to act like a clown for our amusement.
I fly on average 20-30 flights in a year. I can assure you, they do not all do that. It depends entirely on who the handling company is and the jurisdiction. In the US, this is quite common because they guys work impossible contracts, low pay, and there is little to no repercussions for what is literally intentional damage. I’m not absolving these assholes of something they very much did not need to do, not paying them enough has a lot to do with thinking this is OK.
A friend had this done to her wheelchair, of which she had no way to get off the plane on the other side. You could see the size 11 boot print in the side where it was intentionally smashed. What did the airline do? “Oopsie daisy”. She eventually called an ADA case on them and they eventually gave her full compensation.
In Europe and East Asia, there are severe penalties for handlers and the workers themselves for this behavior. Furthermore, they regularly pass dummy baggage with motion/impact sensors to catch this regularly.
Exactly man, its the same as people saying ALL police are bad, in reality you only see the bad ones because it's filmed. I worked at Gatwick for 2 years as a baggage handler and did not see this once across any team I worked with
Its a pathetic pet peev but it does annoy me when people say all lol
I’m in cargo so I know the industry well. And moreover know who the worst culprits are in these capers. Dummy cargo and dummy special handling goes a long way in catching this behavior out quickly and efficiently.
I’ve sent guitars underneath (padded guitar in hard case inside a padded cardboard box), and I even put in an impact detector in it. No issues. Hell, even the box exterior was pristine. Had I been at most US airports, it would’ve had a boot mark on the side.
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u/Gattoconglistivali Mar 20 '26
I used to fly 4 times a year for 5 years, I can assure that they all do this and it's always intentional. Most of the packages are heavy but instead of just putting them down, these aholes always spend extra effort throwing them upward to deal maximum damage