What Happens to Your Luggage at the Airport (and other stuff on the ramp?
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Date: 2023-08-28
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Trainiax
I've ben a Ramp agent for 2 years now, started with United Express with Swissport, to then do International flights and then work United Airlines mainline at Washington- Dulles, then got laid off in January of 2020 and now I work for Delta in Tulsa. So far, these are the best 2 years of my life, working as a ramp agent. The views are incredible, the work is amazing, just interacting with our aircrafts, passengers, cargo/baggage, and the entire operation make me happy, and it makes everything else enjoyable. This video pretty much covers what we do as ramp agent, and I wanna thank you so much for making this video, showing what we do and what goes on every single day! We do more than people think around the operation, and this videos covers all of it. Keep up the great footage. I love to marshal, pushback, load and unload all kinds of aircrafts, just cause it gives me that pride and sense of working in the airport!
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I've ben a Ramp agent for 2 years now, started with United Express with Swissport, to then do International flights and then work United Airlines mainline at Washington- Dulles, then got laid off in January of 2020 and now I work for Delta in Tulsa. So far, these are the best 2 years of my life, working as a ramp agent. The views are incredible, the work is amazing, just interacting with our aircrafts, passengers, cargo/baggage, and the entire operation make me happy, and it makes everything else enjoyable. This video pretty much covers what we do as ramp agent, and I wanna thank you so much for making this video, showing what we do and what goes on every single day! We do more than people think around the operation, and this videos covers all of it. Keep up the great footage. I love to marshal, pushback, load and unload all kinds of aircrafts, just cause it gives me that pride and sense of working in the airport!
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david
I keep trying to tell people who asked me whats it like to load an aircraft, I tell em get the biggest heaviest bag you fly with, crawl under your dining room table and throw it as far ads you can, say 500 times, then do it soaking wet, hungry or in the freezing cold. yeah thats loading a dc9, 737, 727, a 757 ya can at least bend over at the waist and throw your bag say 1000 plus times in an 8 hour shift. 400 bags off 400 bags on, Avg. all in 55 minutes to turn a 757. then go to your next gate to do it all again and again and again. to be nice the tower will toss ya a dc9. kids play. lol. We could work up to 15 flights a day, on a 4 gate unit, I worked northwest MSP ramp and LAX.
damn, but I do miss it, the smell of jet fuel and exhaust the excitement, the rush of just being on the ramp. Thanks for the Videos you do!
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I keep trying to tell people who asked me whats it like to load an aircraft, I tell em get the biggest heaviest bag you fly with, crawl under your dining room table and throw it as far ads you can, say 500 times, then do it soaking wet, hungry or in the freezing cold. yeah thats loading a dc9, 737, 727, a 757 ya can at least bend over at the waist and throw your bag say 1000 plus times in an 8 hour shift. 400 bags off 400 bags on, Avg. all in 55 minutes to turn a 757. then go to your next gate to do it all again and again and again. to be nice the tower will toss ya a dc9. kids play. lol. We could work up to 15 flights a day, on a 4 gate unit, I worked northwest MSP ramp and LAX.
damn, but I do miss it, the smell of jet fuel and exhaust the excitement, the rush of just being on the ramp. Thanks for the Videos you do!
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Jon
Prior to 9/11 I worked at DFW airport for one of the airlines there. I loved being able to drive around the ramp and see the aircraft from that perspective. I even took my daughter to work with me one time and there was a Korean Air 747 that was there in between flights. She wanted to see it so we got out and walked around it. I then asked if we could go inside and look around since she had never seen an aircraft like the 747. We were lucky that they allowed us to do so. My daughter just recently reminded me of that day and she recounts it as one of her favorite memories. Sadly we lived in a much different world back then, but I am so grateful that I was able to do that for my daughter.
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Prior to 9/11 I worked at DFW airport for one of the airlines there. I loved being able to drive around the ramp and see the aircraft from that perspective. I even took my daughter to work with me one time and there was a Korean Air 747 that was there in between flights. She wanted to see it so we got out and walked around it. I then asked if we could go inside and look around since she had never seen an aircraft like the 747. We were lucky that they allowed us to do so. My daughter just recently reminded me of that day and she recounts it as one of her favorite memories. Sadly we lived in a much different world back then, but I am so grateful that I was able to do that for my daughter.
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Bob
As a Delta employee for about 7 1/2 years now, 3 of those years were on the ramp in DTW and CVG. Thank you for covering this, and showing what we do. We are out there in all elements and people dont understand that we have to get off the ramp when lightning strikes close to the airfield for safety reasons. Its also so amazing to be in front of a 747 with its engines on taxi power and dispatching it (which is standing in front of it until the tow bar is released and to alert the flight deck by salute that they are good to go. It truly is an unforgettable experience that I will remember all of my Delta career.
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As a Delta employee for about 7 1/2 years now, 3 of those years were on the ramp in DTW and CVG. Thank you for covering this, and showing what we do. We are out there in all elements and people dont understand that we have to get off the ramp when lightning strikes close to the airfield for safety reasons. Its also so amazing to be in front of a 747 with its engines on taxi power and dispatching it (which is standing in front of it until the tow bar is released and to alert the flight deck by salute that they are good to go. It truly is an unforgettable experience that I will remember all of my Delta career.
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Civil
I once boarded an airplane from ground level before. Following a trip to Charlotte, NC for spring break 2019, I flew Allegiant Air from Sanford, FL (SFB) to Concord, NC (USA. The Concord airport had a small terminal with 2 gates and served Allegiant flights from their Florida bases. And no jet bridges, just portable ramps.
PS: Since they had a small terminal, I literally ran into someone I knew who was going on my Allegiant flight back to Sanford! It would be a different story if it happened at CLT or Atlanta
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I once boarded an airplane from ground level before. Following a trip to Charlotte, NC for spring break 2019, I flew Allegiant Air from Sanford, FL (SFB) to Concord, NC (USA. The Concord airport had a small terminal with 2 gates and served Allegiant flights from their Florida bases. And no jet bridges, just portable ramps.
PS: Since they had a small terminal, I literally ran into someone I knew who was going on my Allegiant flight back to Sanford! It would be a different story if it happened at CLT or Atlanta
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Awesome
Hey Jeb, love your videos so much. Quick question though, do live animals go through the same procedure as other bags do like going on the conveyer belts and through security and are they loaded in a different cargo hold or the same cargo hold as the other baggage is? Also, is temperature controlled in the cargo holds for live animals and for perishable items like food and things like that? Thanks again for the awesome videos, it's fascinating getting a behind the scenes peek at what goes on at airports.
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Hey Jeb, love your videos so much. Quick question though, do live animals go through the same procedure as other bags do like going on the conveyer belts and through security and are they loaded in a different cargo hold or the same cargo hold as the other baggage is? Also, is temperature controlled in the cargo holds for live animals and for perishable items like food and things like that? Thanks again for the awesome videos, it's fascinating getting a behind the scenes peek at what goes on at airports.
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solarguy1324
Would be interested in how you have an initial idea for an airline video to what you have to go through to get security clearances; who do you contact, how do you plead your idea, who has the final approvals, and how you actually get clearances to film tarmac access, baggage underground, and how long from idea to video? Now THAT would be interesting. you mentioned Gretchan's Gazells, but still, you would have to thru a major process from storyboard to filming wouldn't you?
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Would be interested in how you have an initial idea for an airline video to what you have to go through to get security clearances; who do you contact, how do you plead your idea, who has the final approvals, and how you actually get clearances to film tarmac access, baggage underground, and how long from idea to video? Now THAT would be interesting. you mentioned Gretchan's Gazells, but still, you would have to thru a major process from storyboard to filming wouldn't you?
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Joseph
Back in 2017, I had the opportunity of flying aboard U. S. Airways to Washington National for a transfer to Columbia, S. C. The deplaning was in two parts. The regular front and the rear exit down to the tarmac and along the underbelly of the terminal right into the baggage claim. There's a lot going on down there, the vehicles, noise, and most of all walking under the wing next to the engine, the smell of the fuel exhaustion. Jeb, what a rush
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Back in 2017, I had the opportunity of flying aboard U. S. Airways to Washington National for a transfer to Columbia, S. C. The deplaning was in two parts. The regular front and the rear exit down to the tarmac and along the underbelly of the terminal right into the baggage claim. There's a lot going on down there, the vehicles, noise, and most of all walking under the wing next to the engine, the smell of the fuel exhaustion. Jeb, what a rush
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Business
It should be prohibited for pilots to turn on their engines on a platform where people are working (including APU.
Because the crew will be exposed to the toxic jetfume blasts. The cancer-causing fine dust particles are to concentrated between the terminals if the engines are started there. If this is ignored people will die from the daily effects of jetfume exposure!
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It should be prohibited for pilots to turn on their engines on a platform where people are working (including APU.
Because the crew will be exposed to the toxic jetfume blasts. The cancer-causing fine dust particles are to concentrated between the terminals if the engines are started there. If this is ignored people will die from the daily effects of jetfume exposure!
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Diane
I have 33 yrs on the ramp for AA my husband started on the ramp at AA but now a manager on the ramp for Delta and now both of my kids are Aircraft mechanics for Delta! We are an airline family and Delta in Atlanta is a major part of it! I have such great pics of sunrises everywhere on the ramp here in ATL. Just one of the many Perks of our jobs down here!
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I have 33 yrs on the ramp for AA my husband started on the ramp at AA but now a manager on the ramp for Delta and now both of my kids are Aircraft mechanics for Delta! We are an airline family and Delta in Atlanta is a major part of it! I have such great pics of sunrises everywhere on the ramp here in ATL. Just one of the many Perks of our jobs down here!
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Joey
Nice to see other airports. I was also a ramp agent. The most beautiful work was to marshal an plane to its spot (just being in front of these massif machines and guide them to there spot is so cool. Also I was an ALA and its a nice job.
Its a completely different world, I told friends as a joke that as I went to work Im also going on holiday.
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Nice to see other airports. I was also a ramp agent. The most beautiful work was to marshal an plane to its spot (just being in front of these massif machines and guide them to there spot is so cool. Also I was an ALA and its a nice job.
Its a completely different world, I told friends as a joke that as I went to work Im also going on holiday.
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Matt
I was on actual airport ramp a few times as a passenger. When I was kid first flying Continental Airlines on my was to Ft Lauderdale Florida from Newark NJ, we were actually escorted to of the planes by staircases just like the president or the pope. As an adult, I was on the ramp at Cincinnati and Los Angeles on airport shuttles both times.
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I was on actual airport ramp a few times as a passenger. When I was kid first flying Continental Airlines on my was to Ft Lauderdale Florida from Newark NJ, we were actually escorted to of the planes by staircases just like the president or the pope. As an adult, I was on the ramp at Cincinnati and Los Angeles on airport shuttles both times.
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Denene
Thank you for raising money for Cancer Research. I'm a survivor but my son lost his battle at 5 years old & at 17 I lost my father of cancer. I'm not battling with other chronic illnesses & limited income so I travel through your vlogs & see, dream & wish to fly & go on Amtrak trains. Thank you for your vlogs & please keep them coming.
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Thank you for raising money for Cancer Research. I'm a survivor but my son lost his battle at 5 years old & at 17 I lost my father of cancer. I'm not battling with other chronic illnesses & limited income so I travel through your vlogs & see, dream & wish to fly & go on Amtrak trains. Thank you for your vlogs & please keep them coming.
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Robert
Mr. Brooks. I am going through your library of videos and one thing jumps out at me. It is very clear why your real world' consulting business thrives. Your presentation and teaching styles are first rate. Thank you for opening the eyes of so many of us to both the above and below wing aspects of the aviation industry.
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Mr. Brooks. I am going through your library of videos and one thing jumps out at me. It is very clear why your real world' consulting business thrives. Your presentation and teaching styles are first rate. Thank you for opening the eyes of so many of us to both the above and below wing aspects of the aviation industry.
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AO
Kinda answered my question that I have. So Im traveling with a connection flight, my luggage that would be checked in from the airport I left from wont have to be checked in again with my connection flight? Itll just be transferred to the next plane without me having to get it rechecked in again?
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Kinda answered my question that I have. So Im traveling with a connection flight, my luggage that would be checked in from the airport I left from wont have to be checked in again with my connection flight? Itll just be transferred to the next plane without me having to get it rechecked in again?
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Wendy
yes i have been on the ground level of the airport when I worked for mail sort at the Salt Lake International Airport and again back in the day when you walked out to the plain to board in Ontario California, Burbank California plus when I traveled to Yakota Japan my dad was in the Air Force
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yes i have been on the ground level of the airport when I worked for mail sort at the Salt Lake International Airport and again back in the day when you walked out to the plain to board in Ontario California, Burbank California plus when I traveled to Yakota Japan my dad was in the Air Force
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Random
I don't work for a passenger aircraft, but I do work for FedEx Express, which is the airplane part of FedEx. I have been a load captain, tug driver, loader, and many other positions. The plane comes in, and then once it's chocked and coned, we begin work. It's amazing.
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I don't work for a passenger aircraft, but I do work for FedEx Express, which is the airplane part of FedEx. I have been a load captain, tug driver, loader, and many other positions. The plane comes in, and then once it's chocked and coned, we begin work. It's amazing.
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Benjamin
I work at LAX, have been a ramp agent for nearly a year. I work nights and it is backbreaking, especially with summer coming up, but it's a fun job at times! The thing I look forward to the most is driving the tug and seeing the sunset looks AMAZING!
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I work at LAX, have been a ramp agent for nearly a year. I work nights and it is backbreaking, especially with summer coming up, but it's a fun job at times! The thing I look forward to the most is driving the tug and seeing the sunset looks AMAZING!
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Patty
That was quite an experience for you. Although you seem just as existing in every video! The perspective from the ramp agents view and finding out that there is only 1 person in the plane doing the loading was interesting.
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That was quite an experience for you. Although you seem just as existing in every video! The perspective from the ramp agents view and finding out that there is only 1 person in the plane doing the loading was interesting.
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SWAT
This is an awesome video! I love seeing all the ground crew equipment and everything on the ramp. My favorite piece of ground crew equipment is the big cargo high loaders (usually called ULD loaders.
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This is an awesome video! I love seeing all the ground crew equipment and everything on the ramp. My favorite piece of ground crew equipment is the big cargo high loaders (usually called ULD loaders.
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Birgit
I am a ramp agent for American Airlines and I absolutely love my job! Marshalling a Boeing 737 or a Boeing 787 out to the taxiway is one of the most exhilarating experiences and it never gets old.
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I am a ramp agent for American Airlines and I absolutely love my job! Marshalling a Boeing 737 or a Boeing 787 out to the taxiway is one of the most exhilarating experiences and it never gets old.
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solarguy1324
My typing is the Two Finger Look at the Keyboard and Hope for the Best method so please forgive the typos-I don't find them until after I post and re-read my comments-by then it's too late: )
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My typing is the Two Finger Look at the Keyboard and Hope for the Best method so please forgive the typos-I don't find them until after I post and re-read my comments-by then it's too late: )
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smoothpants
Loved this video. I am a year from retiring from public transportation in NYC and thinking about working at one of my local airports for a few years. I think I may love to do these jobs.
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Loved this video. I am a year from retiring from public transportation in NYC and thinking about working at one of my local airports for a few years. I think I may love to do these jobs.
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Murthy
Jeb, this was not a good story. It is all pluff. No details. How does particular luggage code is read and how is it directed to different gates? Sorry, but this is one of your worst stories
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Jeb, this was not a good story. It is all pluff. No details. How does particular luggage code is read and how is it directed to different gates? Sorry, but this is one of your worst stories
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kentofmississippi
Dots on the bag room conveyer belts show workers where to drop bags to reduce the risk of jams down the line.
[worker haphazardly throws bag on conveyer belt]
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Dots on the bag room conveyer belts show workers where to drop bags to reduce the risk of jams down the line.
[worker haphazardly throws bag on conveyer belt]
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Vince
Drove on the ramp at Los Angeles International, as an interline driver in the 1980s. We were the folks who moved bags between airlines. Fun work. The tech sure has improved.
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Drove on the ramp at Los Angeles International, as an interline driver in the 1980s. We were the folks who moved bags between airlines. Fun work. The tech sure has improved.
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Dru
I drive a charter bus and have had several opportunities to drive on the tarmac and right up to planes. The 747 was my favorite. I always enjoy my drives out on the tarmac.
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I drive a charter bus and have had several opportunities to drive on the tarmac and right up to planes. The 747 was my favorite. I always enjoy my drives out on the tarmac.
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m. clen84
Can you make another video about luggage marked fragile and if the airlines have a luggage VIP helper so that you can get your luggage super quick after your flight?
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Can you make another video about luggage marked fragile and if the airlines have a luggage VIP helper so that you can get your luggage super quick after your flight?
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James
Always enjoy your take on travel. How many folks do you suppose have not figured out what happens when they double click the dislike button? Keep up the good work
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Always enjoy your take on travel. How many folks do you suppose have not figured out what happens when they double click the dislike button? Keep up the good work
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Majed
Hi, if I but battery for electric scooter inside chick in bag is going to discovered and return my bag or is ok to carry on hand what is better and safe Please
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Hi, if I but battery for electric scooter inside chick in bag is going to discovered and return my bag or is ok to carry on hand what is better and safe Please
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