On Wednesday, regional airline Piedmont was fined $15,625 (£12,285) by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for the death of a ground crew worker six-months earlier in a similar incident in Alabama.

  • alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM
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    1 year ago

    Are people overworked and falling asleep? Last i heard they’re understaffed anyway?

    airline workers generally have it extremely poor, as i understand. a big group of them recently unionized in Charlotte, NC and they were getting paid as low as $12/hr for workweeks that could be 60 hours or more in length

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      1 year ago

      Yeah that’s what i have heard. Years ago i was told to apply, but i physically cannot do that kind of work. I wouldn’t be shocked they had safety procedures that an overworked and tired person might not be able to always follow. I rarely fly but the staff gets usually treated like servants. :(