Nothing seems to be working as smoothly as they used to in the Joe Biden post Covid world.
And it's getting worse, not better.
Hopefully, It's just the learning curve everyone is going through because the Baby Boomer generation is retiring. And it's time for everyone else to pick up the slack now.
DIE hires
>These kinds of incidents are happening more and more frequently and it’s not just a case of more being reported on due to media scrutiny.<
No. These incidents happen more than you realize. It just gets reported in the media more. Almost all, if not every one of them, involve a ground crew towing an airplane.
Years ago airlines required a crew to tow an airplane. Now most of it is done with a two man SuperTug crew. That’s the one that lifts the nosewheel up in a cradle, not using a towbar.
With passengers there is a larger crew with wing walkers, a driver, and a “monkey on the headset”.
I finished a 41 year career without any bent metal. It’s not that hard.
EC
This is the slow grind down to incompetence described in “Atlas Shrugged.” Rand didn’t envision the racial/sexual aspects but has been dead on regarding the elevation of “victims” and society where pull is more important than competence.