On Wednesday, regional airline Piedmont was fined $15,625 (£12,285) by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for the death of a ground crew worker six-months earlier in a similar incident in Alabama.

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    On Wednesday, regional airline Piedmont was fined $15,625 (£12,285) by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for the death of a ground crew worker six-months earlier in a similar incident in Alabama.

    So im confused. Not the same airlines nor airport between the deaths, but the accidents are so rare they mentioned both? yet delta says it is unrelated to safety procedures, but again this happens rarely enough to bring up it happened twice recently?

    Are people overworked and falling asleep? Last i heard they’re understaffed anyway?

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      Are people overworked and falling asleep? Last i heard they’re understaffed anyway?

      airline workers generally have it extremely poor, as i understand. a big group of them recently unionized in Charlotte, NC and they were getting paid as low as $12/hr for workweeks that could be 60 hours or more in length

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        Yeah that’s what i have heard. Years ago i was told to apply, but i physically cannot do that kind of work. I wouldn’t be shocked they had safety procedures that an overworked and tired person might not be able to always follow. I rarely fly but the staff gets usually treated like servants. :(