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Low pay and toxic culture for the baggage handlers. The airlines went to a spoke and wheel system several decades ago where you fly from a small local airport to a major airport, where a large jet flies a lot of people to another small airport near your destination.
This means that many long-distance flights have two connecting flights where the baggage from each stop-over has to be sorted and the bags separated for those flyers who were headed to one of several possible legs in the map-wheel.
Bosses yell to the baggage handlers to hurry up, and scream that the plane HAS to pull away from the gate at exactly [*insert time here] OR YOU’RE FIRED!
They do their best, but as long as they don’t mess up too many bag destinations, they get to keep their job.
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