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visually on arrival. Like all good safety solutions, this is an inherently simple process and, more important perhaps, one that only takes seconds to execute. Its value to the customer is out of all proportion to the investment, though, as can well be imagined.
The adoption of a tiny camera by certain ramp staff, such as turn co- ordinators or ramp leaders, would seem to be of some value here. Being a hands-free application, as it were, such a device would not interfere with the performance of an individual’s duty. Surveying the handling operation and recording it, discreetly, could well be of benefit to the company’s training department, quite apart from any capture of an incident that in the absence of real-time visual proof, would be difficult to defend or ascribe to another party. That this device is also cheap means that little investment would be required. These are all positives: but what about the other side of the coin? European airports, in the absence of any firm regulations or legislation, are free to set up camera systems wherever they choose. The obvious candidates are
cargo warehouses and storage facilities where valuable goods are kept. However, it’s not uncommon for aircraft stands to be monitored and even parts of the feeder road network can be covered. There is no hard and fast rule here. In addition to this, bigger airports will doubtlessly have installed covert cameras, too. So, in some respects, the ground has already been laid. The principal stumbling block here is that earlier- mentioned subject of personal liberty: would a fly-on-the-wall device infringe this? Additionally, there is the topic of sensitivity: certain parts of a day’s filming might not benefit from subsequent exposure. Finally, any such adoption would certainly require the support of all agencies operating at the station: no party, one feels, would want to be included in the recording process without prior knowledge of the operation.
In conclusion
Will the camera become the final arbiter on the ramp? The idea is not, perhaps, as radical as it sounds and indeed, the idea of recording events airside, I feel, has much to commend it.
cameras have been used in many walks of life for many years
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