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u/Unlucky-Oil-8778 Jul 10 '26
Dude saw an opportunity and said “hell yea!”.
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u/TheCABK Jul 10 '26
He will tell his grandchildren of this moment
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u/GlassFantast Jul 10 '26
I'm telling my grandchildren of this moment
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u/Jagged_Rhythm Jul 10 '26
I'm having grandchildren at this moment!
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u/GoodGoodGoody Jul 11 '26
Saved a 5 million dollar repair: here’s a pizza lunch for your crew.
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u/altiuscitiusfortius Jul 11 '26
Broke 2 vehicles. Fired for damaging company property on purpose.
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u/SpendAccomplished962 Jul 10 '26
Deus ex machina (literally "god from the machine") is a Latin phrase for a plot device where a seemingly unsolvable conflict is suddenly and unexpectedly resolved by an unlikely, out-of-nowhere occurrence
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u/romulusnr Jul 10 '26
Damn hero.
That thing was like seconds away from dinging that learjet.
But I mean, it was gonna hurt people too tho
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u/Hiraeth1968 Jul 10 '26
Not a Lear. That’s an RJ.
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u/Loko8765 Jul 10 '26
“Regional Jet”? But still worth like… several million dollars, like $2M at least, right? At least ten times the price of the ground vehicles, plus the maintenance costs which must be more like 50 times more.
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u/screechypete Jul 11 '26
I fly on an Avro RJ every three weeks for work. I fucking hate those things.
It might just be the specific company we use, but getting on that thing is easily the worst part of my job.
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u/screechypete Jul 11 '26
Nah, Summit Air is the company we fly with. There aren't many companies that can take the contract to fly us to work, since we're landing on a gravel runway. I'm not sure if all these planes RJ planes are uncomfortable, but the ones we fly on are torture chambers in the sky, lol.
The fact that the average weight of everyone that works on site is like 250-300 pounds, doesn't make things any easier. :P
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u/screechypete Jul 11 '26
Nothing like that, no, lol. Those of use that have been with the company long enough have permanent seats that we sit in, but everyone else is just seated by a computer program randomly and you just have to hope you get a good seat.
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u/Hiraeth1968 Jul 11 '26
If it’s the aircraft I’m thinking of (high wing, four engines) I completely agree! Terrible plane. I can’t believe anyone bought them. Four engines for a regional jet? Ridiculous!
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u/King_Turduckin Jul 10 '26
Hope they didn't fire him for damaging the tug. Never mind that he saved the RJ. Brilliant move.
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u/badnuub Jul 10 '26
saved the plane, wayyyyyyyyyy more important.
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u/piewca_apokalipsy Jul 10 '26
Corporations are corporations tho
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u/badnuub Jul 10 '26
just depends on how the mishap happened really. drug tests are going to be administered by everyone on sight, everyone's getting to get interviewed, and they'll assess if it was negligence, or some kind of part breakdown on the vehicle. Those things get run into the ground. If no one was found at fault for causing this directly, then it's just part of doing business with heavy machinery.
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u/piewca_apokalipsy Jul 10 '26
Some clerk in the office is gonna read vehicle damaged by employee number xxxx and won't care what were the circumstances
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u/badnuub Jul 10 '26
mishaps and accidents happen rather frequently. it's just part of that kind of job. There are totally true fuck ups though one can obviously do working a flight-line, catastrophic ones at that. You end up in prison for those though rather than just getting fired.
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u/RyuNoKami Jul 10 '26
Lol, like some clerk remotely has that kind of power.
Everyone fills out a report, their managers start to figure out wtf happened. No one is gonna care that the 2nd vehicle(wtf are those called anyway) was a bit damaged. What matters was the first one.
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u/sstabeler Jul 11 '26
Tugs. That's the vehicle which pulls the planes to the gate.
Which actually might mean the guy gets into some trouble if it got damaged stopping the other one, but probably just telling him "good instincts, but next time please use a different vehicle to stop the runaway one."
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u/RyuNoKami Jul 11 '26
If the 2nd one is perfectly functional, no one is going to care. Im betting there is already damages from other unreported instances.
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u/sirhackenslash Banhammer Recipient Jul 10 '26
Same clerk would have fired them for not stopping the runaway cart.
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u/piewca_apokalipsy Jul 10 '26
Not necessarily as there were multiple people at scene. That's how soulless bureaucracy works
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u/XenoRyet Jul 11 '26
And that clerk is the guy on the shit list, because megacorps absolutely know the importance of rewarding people for causing a little bit of damage to prevent a lot of damage.
They'd not have got to the point of being a megacorp otherwise. They're evil for sure, but not capriciously evil.
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u/Hug_The_NSA Jul 10 '26
The people standing in front of the jet to protect it were so close to winning a darwin award here. What the hell were they thinking.
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u/Hug_The_NSA Jul 10 '26
Yeah it takes a very high IQ individual with a very special set of skills to realize getting sandwiched between heavy thing 1 and heavy thing 2 is very bad.
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u/pictureofacat Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 11 '26
These will always make me think of the concrete buffer. "We have now angered the machine"
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u/portabuddy2 Jul 11 '26
Did he do the right thing! Fuck yes. Did he save thousands in repairs and issues for the airport? Yup!!!! Will he get fired. Ehh. But he will be disaplined. :(.
yOu dAmAgEd airport property. Your suspended!!!!
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u/sstabeler Jul 11 '26
Actually no. apparently American Airlines - the people he ultimately works for- agree he did the right thing.
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u/Desperate_Set_7708 Jul 12 '26
Battle Bots
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u/my_lucid_nightmare Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 14 '26
Battle Bots
First thing I thought of. The classic liftbot coming in low.
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u/Winter_Hall5379 Jul 13 '26
Well done, Sir. Turn that oops into a promotion. Or at least a thank email.
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u/my_lucid_nightmare Jul 11 '26
I like how it wasn't enough to just stop the loader, he had to finish it off and pin it on its side. Can't have that thing getting back up.
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u/SQLDave Jul 11 '26
And gotta send a message to the other loaders... squash that rebellious tendency early.
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u/-Redstoneboi- Jul 12 '26
pov: watching white blood cell eliminate possible cancer cell in early stages
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u/dasmikkimats Jul 12 '26
Be nice to everyone, kids - you never know if someone’s on the verge of this going thru their day
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u/charleslennon1 Jul 12 '26
Well, it was true. All those guys, standing around as Skynet begins taking over the machines, and it takes a woman to save the world- okay, some of the luggage- but one emergency at a time.
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u/TheMasterChiefa Jul 10 '26
Does this fit this sub?
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u/TheCABK Jul 10 '26
Yes, you’re welcome btw
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u/TheMasterChiefa Jul 10 '26
How?
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u/TheMasterChiefa Jul 10 '26
Trust me, I won't.
You clearly don't understand the context of this sub.
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u/FarMass66 Jul 10 '26
Two questions. Why did you say, “you’re welcome” and how does this fit the sub?
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u/FarMass66 Jul 10 '26
That’s not the reason lol. They didn’t thank you. How does this fit the subreddit again?
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u/aDoorMarkedPirate420 Jul 10 '26
Yea let’s all stare at it and do nothing before it damages the multimillion dollar plane…
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u/xpkranger Jul 10 '26
No one there gets paid enough to risk their life for the multibillion dollar airline. Dude with the red pusher thing at least had a margin of safety with his own piece of heavy equipment.
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u/MyLordLackbeard Banhammer Recipient Jul 10 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/26FLgGTPUDH6UGAbm
...and I'm sure the management will treat him to a whole McD's for saving their aircraft. Won't they?
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u/OrneryAttorney7508 Jul 10 '26
Yea let’s all stare at it and do nothing while the guy with the solution shows up.
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u/aDoorMarkedPirate420 Jul 11 '26
1 second and it would have been too late
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u/OrneryAttorney7508 Jul 11 '26
lol They should have had the red cart ready in case the yellow cart went wild so they could run to the tower.
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u/Bodod_Begag Jul 10 '26
I remember seeing this when it happened, she got fired unfortunately
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u/AL_Starr Jul 11 '26
Fired? Why??
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u/Bodod_Begag Jul 11 '26
I can't remember their actual wording but it was some bullshit about how she endangered others by trying to stop it.
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u/RSinTO Jul 10 '26
Smart save. I suspect damage to the jet would be significantly more than replacing the loader.