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09-23-2015, 08:45 AM
#6901
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The ORF Baggage Throwers who don't know what a Deadhead tag is. 5 out of 6 guys gave me the blank stare when I had to go retrieve it. "A what...?" Only one had a clue, and at least I got a "Sorry, dude" look from him. Thanks for almost sending it to baggage claim... I guess it could have been worse.
09-23-2015, 11:28 AM
#6902
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The ORF Baggage Throwers who don't know what a Deadhead tag is. 5 out of 6 guys gave me the blank stare when I had to go retrieve it. "A what...?" Only one had a clue, and at least I got a "Sorry, dude" look from him. Thanks for almost sending it to baggage claim... I guess it could have been worse.
Sounds like you probably had a gate check tag and they goofed and didn't bring it up. I understand their confusion though. If you had asked me for a bag with a 'deadhead' tag on it, I would've been curious as to what you meant as well, but knowing that you're a crew member I would have simply looked for any extra bags with a gate check tag on it.
09-23-2015, 11:51 AM
#6904
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What airline were you on? Over the 9 years that I worked on the ramp for a legacy carrier we never had any type of bag tags referred to officially or colloquially as a 'deadhead' tag. I've never heard any one ever use that term, at other airlines, either.
Sounds like you probably had a gate check tag and they goofed and didn't bring it up. I understand their confusion though. If you had asked me for a bag with a 'deadhead' tag on it, I would've been curious as to what you meant as well, but knowing that you're a crew member I would have simply looked for any extra bags with a gate check tag on it.
Sounds like you probably had a gate check tag and they goofed and didn't bring it up. I understand their confusion though. If you had asked me for a bag with a 'deadhead' tag on it, I would've been curious as to what you meant as well, but knowing that you're a crew member I would have simply looked for any extra bags with a gate check tag on it.
As a offline jumpseater, I have been erroneously given this tag before. Lesson learned.
09-23-2015, 01:54 PM
#6906
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What airline were you on? Over the 9 years that I worked on the ramp for a legacy carrier we never had any type of bag tags referred to officially or colloquially as a 'deadhead' tag. I've never heard any one ever use that term, at other airlines, either.
Sounds like you probably had a gate check tag and they goofed and didn't bring it up. I understand their confusion though. If you had asked me for a bag with a 'deadhead' tag on it, I would've been curious as to what you meant as well, but knowing that you're a crew member I would have simply looked for any extra bags with a gate check tag on it.
Sounds like you probably had a gate check tag and they goofed and didn't bring it up. I understand their confusion though. If you had asked me for a bag with a 'deadhead' tag on it, I would've been curious as to what you meant as well, but knowing that you're a crew member I would have simply looked for any extra bags with a gate check tag on it.
09-23-2015, 05:02 PM
#6909
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Thanks for the pic/explanations. We didn't utilize anything like that for DH crews where I worked.
That photo answers the next question I was going to ask; whether the tag was an actual adhesive backed printed tag from a CSA or just a little paper tag like what the pic shows with the elastic band. Never been a fan of those. They snap and tear too easily.
That photo answers the next question I was going to ask; whether the tag was an actual adhesive backed printed tag from a CSA or just a little paper tag like what the pic shows with the elastic band. Never been a fan of those. They snap and tear too easily.
09-23-2015, 05:29 PM
#6910
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Perhaps captain lunatic wanted to try one of those super-dangerous intersection takeoffs. Not sure who is the tool here, but very likely somebody is:
United Express Flight pilots cause after co-pilot refuses to fly with 'unstable' captain | Daily Mail Online
United Express Flight pilots cause after co-pilot refuses to fly with 'unstable' captain | Daily Mail Online
Flight 4453 to Houston was 'delayed due to crew availability,' said the ExpressJet spokesman, Jarek Beem. 'There was a disagreement among crew members. There was no fight … there was no physical altercation thankfully.'
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