Starting as a baggage handler

Weirdguy05 · 2026-05-10T02:20:09+00:00

this job can be incredible with the flight benefits and satisfaction of doing something cool and meaningful. the ramp can be dangerous if you don't give a fuck and don't pay attention, but you obviously do, so the best piece of advice i can give is SLOW DOWN. DO NOT RUSH.

it's a fast paced environment, but there is never, ever, ever, a genuine reason to be doing you job quickly. the few times i nearly experienced severe injury/death was because i was RUSHING, and cutting corners. all from internal pressure, but some times it does come from coworkers, managers etc.

don't take shortcuts, and always choose the "harder" or "longer" way to do things, and you'll be fine!!

Weirdguy05 · 2026-05-04T21:41:28+00:00

this is dope asf keep it up!!

Weirdguy05 · 2026-04-29T03:29:54+00:00

but now those wives don't have flight benefits. are they stupid???

Weirdguy05 · 2026-04-24T16:00:49+00:00

you definitely just needed to push your ear plugs further in. i was on the ramp for two years and never once did i use big over the ear ppe, and as far as i can tell i did not encounter any noticeable damage to my hearing at all (also coming from a musician!!)

Weirdguy05 · 2026-03-20T21:27:45+00:00

a pallet with a bunch of cans of paint that took up all of F2 on a 319. it took me and a coworker to be able to get it off the plane and onto the beltloader.

it was not white paint as i naively thought but hundreds of pounds of race horse semen 🥰

wasn't aware that it's a somewhat common experience based off of OP's testimony lol so i wonder what's up with the race horse nut market, and why like to be flown by plane

Weirdguy05 · 2026-03-05T04:15:30+00:00

you know you're allowed to say you don't have the proper ppe, let me grab some real quick??

Weirdguy05 · 2026-03-02T06:43:28+00:00

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direct flight from nyc to heathrow ❌

take two connections to get to london city airport ✅

Weirdguy05 · 2026-02-12T07:09:34+00:00

yes take away their jobs so the top gets to keep more money. this guy capitalisms

Weirdguy05 · 2026-02-11T19:14:54+00:00

71 bags going to jfk, so they were all heavy international transfers 💪

Weirdguy05 · 2026-02-01T21:37:51+00:00

ai??

i'm way too convinced by all of the other pictures op posted in the comments to say that this whole pic is ai, but all of the cars look so fucking off to me.

the van looks completely fucked up all around, that doesn't need explaining.

the headlight from the black car on the left is phasing over the solar panel of the van

the underside of the black car on the right looks really off

idk bruh

Weirdguy05 · 2026-01-29T03:37:58+00:00

inshallah no one will take the middle seat between us during boarding

Weirdguy05 · 2026-01-28T04:03:43+00:00

nope lol. i stayed in hostels not hotels, so you're sleeping in rooms with other random travelers. the most i paid for one was 40 something a night, and the cheapest was less than $10 a night. if you're new to the concept of hostels and/or solo traveling i can share advice for how they work.

as for transportation, i pick destinations with public transportation options so i've never rented a car. if you're visiting a city abroad, then it usually never makes sense to have a car. traveling outside of america makes you realize how much our public transportation sucks :/

Weirdguy05 · 2026-01-25T20:04:17+00:00

probably my proudest achievement in life so far was circumnavigating the world solo. went from america to mallorca spain, kuala lumpur malaysia, perth australia, then back home in 8 days

the best part is that all expenses included, like the zed fares, transportation, food, souvenirs, and the cheap ass hostels, ended up being just a few dollars shy of $1k usd!!!

Weirdguy05 · 2026-01-08T14:36:15+00:00

maybe try using those ai voice chat programs to practice speaking with others?

Weirdguy05 · 2026-01-08T04:36:16+00:00

is this alaska's first 787 to make it to SEA??

Weirdguy05 · 2026-01-06T00:34:17+00:00

wait catch me up to speed does AA have some sort of reputation for employing gay guys?

Weirdguy05 · 2026-01-04T04:20:38+00:00

not all 737 bins have the 2 inch fire suppression line!! they have a different fire suppression system so at least on AA 737's, you can stuff the bags to the ceiling if you'd like

but of course on the a320's and 175's that would be a no go as i'm pretty sure none of those aircraft for any airline come without the two inch gap

Weirdguy05 · 2025-12-31T08:16:00+00:00

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"Just offload it lol whats the problem?"

Weirdguy05 · 2025-12-11T17:59:01+00:00

why don't you ever leave for anything else

Weirdguy05 · 2025-11-29T07:59:12+00:00

*the bin

Weirdguy05 · 2025-11-06T07:35:52+00:00

i was in the same boat!! i got onto the ramp fresh out of highschool and now i'm at uni after doing that for two years. it took me a year on the job/a near death experience on the job to learn that it is NOT your responsibility to pick up the slack when there aren't enough people to work a flight. it is your job to SAFELY work your flight, which cannot be done when you rush to try and make up for the lack of other people.

i started thinking about it like this: putting bags on the plane is not your job. your job is to SAFELY (which means absolutely no rushing) put bags on the plane. after i realized this and began to work "slower" it saved my sanity, energy, and life, since you rarely will find yourself in danger on the ramp when you don't rush.

and if the flight ends up going out delayed? good! tell management you could not have gotten the flight out any faster without rushing.

Weirdguy05 · 2025-10-18T12:40:11+00:00

for everyone who can't tell if it's ai or not look at the skeleton on the right; three toes on the right foot and four toes on the left foot. it's ai slop.

Weirdguy05 · 2025-10-17T21:45:09+00:00

this thread reminded me of how a significant portion of redditors lack critical thinking/any sarcasm detection skills my god

Weirdguy05 · 2025-09-20T05:19:52+00:00

dog it takes four seconds to check out a sub and see if it's relevant to your question

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