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Subject: Re: Tiger Airways refuses to board disabled passenger Posted on: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:20:04 +0800


Ha ha - who is real ?

"Lobert" wrote in message
news:elpu59$2f9$3@mawar.singnet.com.sg...
> You take real! He was joking only ! LOL!
>
> ardeedee wrote:
> > It is an unsafe and highly dangerous manouvre to use a forklift to
transfer
> > a handicapped person or any person onto a plane or any place for that
> > matter.
> >
> >
> > "AleXX" wrote in message
> > news:31f0o21dumelr91j3a1fere7v0mjuuejt5@4ax.com...
> >
> >>On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:19:01 +0800, "Ventura"
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>"AleXX" wrote in message
> >>>news:hrsun2d8h2g5qufrfn7hfah4nhotfmqjnp@4ax.com...
> >>>
> >>>>On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:19:29 +1000, K.T. Gonzales
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>
> >>>>Not withstanding the willingness of the ground staff to assist
> >>>>once in awhile.....the ensuing likely problem is the Australian
> >>>>airport labour unions would make a big issue out of this, such as
> >>>>revised salaries pays for its members to undertake the tasks in
> >>>>assisting disabled passengers aboard.... or else they would go on
> >>>>strike...faced with such possible industrial action, the Captain
> >>>>may have no choice but to be a little bit less
> >>>>compassionate......:=)
> >>>
> >>>Just to show some goodwill, Tiger Air should have engaged the help of a
> >>>nearby forklift driver and lift the lady up to the plane then.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>You can't do that neither, the fork lift driver must be a member
> >>of the airlines service labour union.....as a driver it is likely
> >>he is a member of the transport union......so before you ask
> >>anybody to do anything in Australia, you first must check which
> >>labour union he is affiliated to, or else you'll be in big
> >>trouble mate!
> >
> >
> >