Effectively, we now know the identify of that ramp agent and it’s time we give him some Andy’s Journey Weblog kudos.
Jorge Manalang, courtesy of Envoy Air
It seems a case of water fell onto the accelerator of the cart, inflicting it to go nuts. Because it spun dangerously near the aircraft and, extra importantly, ramp brokers, Manalang, a six-year veteran of Envoy and an teacher for brand spanking new ramp brokers, thought rapidly and, after leaping out of the best way of the cart himself, ran over to a close-by push-back tug and was in a position to corral the service cart simply because it seemingly was heading for the Embraer 140 jet on the gate.
Manalang was gracious in his second of triumph, not as soon as taunting the opposite cart or saying something like “I’m Staff Pushback, all Catering Carts Should Bow”. He classily mentioned, based on an Envoy Air launch, “I used to be simply doing my job. Security is our primary precedence and I didn’t need anybody to get harm, so I used the pushback to cease the cart.”
In all seriousness, bravo to Jorge Manalang for 1) being concerned in an airport meme that ended properly and didn’t contain somebody drying their undergarments utilizing the A/C vent on the plane and a couple of) for appearing rapidly to forestall harm to an costly airplane and, far more importantly, potential accidents to his crewmates on the ramp and clients aboard the jet.
Oh. And sure, this positively jogged my memory of the time that and end-zone pylon fell onto an on-field cart after a 2011 Texas Excessive Faculty State Championship recreation, resulting in a mad rush and fairly just a few collisions.