09-27-2018, 04:14 PM
(09-27-2018, 11:27 AM)Coke6pk Wrote:(09-26-2018, 03:08 PM)KevinT Wrote: The airport could just buy a shuttle bus for themselves and have a baggage handler drive the one loop per day necessary to service the WestJet flight. Flight arrives, unload baggage onto carousel, take arrived passengers to major GRT interchanges while picking up departing passengers from same, unload passengers at terminal, head around back and load checked baggage onto plane. Job done.
Until there's more than a single scheduled major commercial flight per day this would totally suffice.
(I'm sure I've just simultaneously offended baggage handlers and professional drivers alike, as nothing is ever as simple as it seems to an outsider. I am happy to learn why this wouldn't/couldn't work.)
The baggage system at YKF requires passengers to present their checked baggage to CATSA for security screening personally, and as such, the bag truck couldn't just go airside. As well the Transport Canada restricted area rules would preclude a "dirty" (unscreened) truck from getting anywhere near the aircraft.
Now curbside drop off of bags would be sufficient.
Coke
Oh, absolutely, passengers would still have to check their baggage as normal. I'm just talking about making the labour position multi-role, baggage handler, then bus driver, then baggage handler again -- as I doubt that either could be a full time position at YKF right now.
...K