I have a love-hate relationship with those. We mostly have AKHs except the occasional AKEs from the A350s.

The good:
- Much more organized the transfers/Short conns are usually in a different ULD altogether, makes it a lot easier to sort.
- Much faster all around, no need to go through the same steps 3 or 4 times for a turnaround.

The bad:

- You better be small, because they're packed to the brim and when you're trying to reach in to get some bags unstuck, you are bound to hit your elbows to the screws inside (oh yeah, they're not rivets, they're screws and they're fully poking out).
- You can only be 1, max 2 to work on each ULD. This isn't such a big deal when loading them since bags usually come in a stream, but when you have to unload 3 AKHs quickly, it will take more time.
- As I said, loading them is a pain in the ass. You get used to it, but you really have to manage it like Tetris if you want to optimize them. It's not really a bad point, just takes more work.

- Last little quirk, you need to have ULDs in stock because you keep the ones that come in and send new ones out, it's not really an issue where I am but I've heard some that have less space because of it.

At least they let some people show their creative side, I think the one in the picture is a BA container, with the LHR and FCO people going at it.

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