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Days After United Settlement, Baggage Handler Locked in Cargo Hold on NC-to-DC Flight

posted by on Saturday January 07 2017, @11:29PM   Printer-friendly
from the not-a-window-seat dept.

-- OriginalOwner_ writes:

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.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 11 2017, @08:25AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 11 2017, @08:25AM (#452418)
    On a related note before you dive to work on a boat's propeller make sure you have all the relevant keys in your pocket or similar...

    Same goes for fixing a forklift especially if Klaus is around... (google for Forklift Driver Klaus if you like gory training videos ;) ).