So...I think I referred to last week as being pretty crazy. Yeah...that was nothing. This week was beyond wheels off. WAY beyond wheels off. Like...rolling-along-on-brake-rotors wheels off.
Monday night...wow. We have 3 gates of our own and we split one with Anonymous Eagle. Anonymous Eagle Airlines is supposed to have their plane out of that gate by 2200 every night to accommodate our flight that is scheduled for a 0005 arrival nightly.
Well, Monday night...they didn't vacate that gate. Leaving us to scramble to find someone from Anonymous Eagle at 2245. No one. Not a soul. They own half a damn terminal and no one was there. We went as far as to send someone to try to check a different terminal with Anonymous Eagle's mainline Big Sister. No one willing to help. So, here I am...on the line with our pilots, half an hour to arrival...and completely unsure as to where we're going to park this sucker.
Thirty minutes later the plane lands and we're still scrambling to get it figured out. Luckily, one of my female co-workers has an admirer over at another airline a few gates down the terminal. She used her female charms to convince him to push one of their 757's out of their gate and hardstand it on the north parking pad for 40 minutes while we deplaned our passengers. It's amazing what boobs will get you. LOL.
We got the plane parked 45 minutes after they hit the ground which made for some disgruntled pilots. We had 3 wheelchair passengers on the flight. Because the ramp was trying like hell to get everything pulled outta the bins and sent up to the baggage carousel to keep from having anymore delays for the passengers...and because the skycaps go home at midnight...there was no one to help the wheelchair passengers up the jetway. This pisses off the captain...so rather than help out, he walks down to the ramp to yell at me. "This whole night is a clusterfuck. GET SOMEONE UP HERE NOW TO HELP THESE WHEELCHAIRS!"
My reply? "All due respect, I know you're on a much higher pay scale than I am...but we're on the same team here and we're kinda in a bind here if you haven't noticed. Last time I checked, there's a captain, an F/O, and at least 3 flight attendants. There's 3 wheelchairs. Do the math. I know it's late, but we all gotta do what we gotta do to keep these passengers from getting any more pissed than they already are."
That shut him down. 2 captains in 2 weeks for me. Not that I enjoy doing it. I just enjoy shutting down the ones that have that "better than you" complex. Just because I'm a ramp agent doesn't mean I'm any less than they are. Just because a well trained monkey could do the physical part of my job....that doesn't mean I'm an idiot and deserve to be looked down upon.
Oh well...anyway. We pushed our aircraft out of the other airline's gate and parked it on the south hardstand overnight. Such a mess. Tack that on to a 4 hour late plane on Tuesday night and screwed up jetways and ground power connections on Wednesday and Thursday...and I can't wait to get our operations moved to the gates over at Terminal E this week. We hear that stuff actually works over there.
On another work related note, I just read on Airliners.net that a Midwest Express ramp agent got locked in the cargo bin of one of their 717's and wound up in Philly. Makes me rethink those little rests I take in the bins to get outta the cold or the wind...yikes! I've literally had more than one nightmare about this. That's SCARY.
On a personal note...I went to sign the lease on an apt. today...only to learn that my credit is "good enough to qualify to buy a home" but apparently not good enough to lease an apt. for 4 months without having to get someone to co-sign. Man, I've really made a mess of my life. It sucks alot because I know Mom won't co-sign on anything for me due to previous financial issues we've had. So now...I have to figure out what the hell I'm gonna do...I have to let the girl whose lease I'm taking over ASAP if I can even do it anymore. A girl I work with is talking about maybe getting a place with me, her, and maybe a couple of pilots or something like that...so we'll see.
I haven't seen any of my friends in weeks. I'm kinda getting depressed about my personal life. I really enjoy my job...but everything else has kinda got me down. It sucks...but I'm working through it. Sammy is in town this weekend...so I'm gonna hang with him for a bit. Haven't seen him in months. I miss my crew though. I miss poker nights with the guys and legitimate conversations with Maureen. I miss late night Whataburger runs. Oh well...I don't wanna be a downer...so I'm outta here.
So until next time..."The way Kathy Lee needed Regis/that's the way I need Jesus"
Happy Easter, suckers.
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