What is a "living" wage? According to my research, the average starting pay for baggage handlers is about $8.30 an hour, regardless of the employer (i.e. either the airline itself or a third party). This incident had nothing to do with the pay of the employee. Rather, it had to do with the stupidity of the employee. David R -------------- Original message -------------- From: Dennis W Zeuch <DZTOPS@xxxxxxx> > In a message dated 12/28/2005 11:31:07 AM US Mountain Standard Time, > psa188@xxxxxxxx writes: > > > A ramp worker acknowledged that he failed to report immediately striking > > the plane at the gate Monday with a baggage cart or baggage-belt machine, > > > When > airline > jobs paid a living wage, the workers wanted to keep them and seemed a bit more > careful and concerned with the work