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Investopedia reports:
A week after United Continental Holdings Inc. (UAL) settled a lawsuit over baggage handler workplace injuries, a United worker was locked in an airplane's cargo hold.
The Washington Post reports that the worker spent over an hour locked in an airplane traveling from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Washington, D.C., on the afternoon of Jan. 1. The flight was operated by Mesa Airlines, an airline operating regional feeder flights for United and American Airlines Group Inc.
[...] The worker was unharmed in the incident and told The Washington Post that he was advised by his lawyer not to discuss the incident.
Less than a week earlier, on Dec. 27, United Airlines announced it settled a lawsuit brought by its baggage handlers. The workers alleged more than 600 musculoskeletal workplace injuries between 2011 and 2015.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 08 2017, @06:09AM
That's my thought as well.
The cabin crew does a count of passengers and compares it to the list before they pull away from the gate.
It seems logical that someone would do a head count of the ground crew before moving on to the next task.
Airlines were among the first of industries to standardize procedures and use checklists.
This episode looks quite sloppy.
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