Airline Employees: We Appreciate You Airline employees get the work done, even on Christmas day, with patience, flexibility and good cheer. Photo courtesy of British Airways. The holidays are a stressful time for many of us. Those pressures are even greater for airline staff with the increased demands of the job including moving… Continue reading Airline Employees: We Appreciate You
Ramp Agent Injuries: My Personal Journey I fully understand the challenges of the ramp agent job. I was a ramper for more than 38 years. At Ramper Innovations, we are passionate about finding ways to make the physically-demanding job of loading and unloading aircraft safer and easier for ramp agents. This commitment launched… Continue reading Ramp Agent Injuries: My Personal Journey
Ramp Agents Talk About the Stress of Their Jobs Manually loading and unloading baggage in a plane’s belly is an extremely demanding job. Handling thousands of pounds of cargo when constrained by low clearances is not only exhausting, it brings significant injury risks when heavy objects are thrown the length of the aircraft belly.… Continue reading Ramp Agents Talk About the Stress of Their Jobs
Resurgence of Air TravelPoses Increased Risk for Ramp Agents Staff shortages accelerate safety concerns both inside and outside the aircraft. While the number of passengers traveling by air in the US is nearly at pre-pandemic levels, the issues caused by a lack of staffing are approaching a near-crisis point. For example, a number… Continue reading Resurgence of Air Travel Poses Increased Risk for Ramp Agents
Boeing 707-349C N32 (Photo courtesy of Flying Tiger Line Pilots Association) Commemorating Innovation in Aviation This week, we’re celebrating a round-the-world, pole-to-pole flight led by retired TWA pilots, Harrison Finch and Fred Lester Austin, Jr., in November 1965. The journey covered a distance of 26,230 miles during a flight duration of 57 hours… Continue reading Commemorating Innovation in Aviation
Working in a stooped position created 32% more stress on the back than kneeling, increasing the likelihood for injury. The need for ramp agents to lift, twist and throw heavy bags when loading and unloading aircraft manually accelerates the risks of back injury. It also increases operational expenses due to workers’ comp claims, medical… Continue reading Stooping vs. Kneeling Accelerates the Risk of Injury to Ramp Agents
Inspiration, Ideas & Innovation Thoughts from Tim Fulton, Founder/CEO Sometimes inspiration and innovation come to us in circuitous ways. Although I don’t necessarily think of myself as innovative — I tend to reserve that term for someone like Sergey Brin or Richard Branson — there are many things that motivate me, whether it’s for… Continue reading Inspiration, Ideas, & Innovation
