APRIL 2013 GROUND HANDLING INTERNATIONAL
GSE INNOVATION 25
Leading edge of rails was reprofiled
“There is a lot of unemployment and we can always fill vacancies. We may not get the qualifications that we’d like but in some ways, it’s better to start with a blank sheet.” Indeed, the company has a well-known training facility close to Charles de Gaulle airport, and training is a product offered to other companies in the locality. As one of easyJet’s handlers, the
Groupe Europe Handling team attended the Bendi Belt demonstration day at Luton airport last year. There, they witnessed a loader that whilst not designed to rewrite the history books was, at least, making a contribution towards employee safety and well-
Tougher flights have been fitted
being. Back strain and injury is a notorious by-product of working in the holds of aircraft, particularly narrow- bodies, and anything that can be done to mitigate this state of affairs is to be welcomed. There followed a spell when the beltloader was being finally honed for the ramp. When the GSE was deemed ready for service, easyJet decided that Paris would be amongst the first to host its launch and this was when Groupe Europe Handling came into the picture. As the sole importer and after-sales service provider in France for the Bendi Belt (aside from other handlers working with easyJet), the
Sensor can stop belt operation
company is well-placed to comment on the innovation and its introduction to the ramp. On that score, one gets the impression that the whole exercise was drama-free and indeed, on the day that I spoke to both Franck and Hugo, there was no suggestion that the roll-out had encountered much in the way of challenges or difficulties. Mallaghan supplied the necessary staff to ensure that the handling teams were familiar with the equipment and after the initial pair of beltloaders was delivered late in 2012, the French company set them to work.
Things have turned out well, it seems. Whilst in some respects it is still early
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