they took er job! re: robots handling bags at airports in Japan

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Logos Stick
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9:52a, 4/29/26
It's gotta be better than the "chunkers" the airlines now employ.

Japan - instead of allowing in 3rd world no-skill migrants like the US and Europe - automates to address labor shortages.

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9:54a, 4/29/26
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One less tip to pay
No, I don't care what CNN or Miss NOW said this time
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9:54a, 4/29/26
Will the robots toss my bags to the tarmac and stomp on them? Because that is what I expect now.
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In reply to TexAgs91 • 9:59a, 4/29/26
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Not skycaps, the guys, err… robots on the tarmac
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9:59a, 4/29/26
Good. No more Pakistanis to bring into Japan to lug bags around
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10:00a, 4/29/26
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Gonna need to see how they handle skis and golf clubs before I make an opinion.
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In reply to Logos Stick • 10:01a, 4/29/26
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Guess they'll have to learn how to be a singer in a rock and roll band like Freddie Mercury
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10:03a, 4/29/26
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But can they break guitars?

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In reply to Logos Stick • 11:16a, 4/29/26
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I used to be one of those gorillas throwing bags. I'd like to see it get up in the cargo bin of a 73 and stack bags…
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11:19a, 4/29/26
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Zero seconds of handling baggage in that clip
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11:55a, 4/29/26
AG
After watching the Hulu special on "Sky King", robotic baggage handlers may be safer, more reliable.
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In reply to flown-the-coop • 12:01p, 4/29/26
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Rip Beebo Russell.

I havent seen the full doc yet just the brief youtube video they made about it, thanks for the heads up.
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In reply to BadMoonRisin • 12:05p, 4/29/26
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Quick tangent. It was well done IMO and interestingly done. They basically go through the entire ATC exchange as his friends, family listen in.

Very sad story of mental illness and a young man breaking to societal pressures. Could have ended much worse but Beebo was one hell of a character. RIP Beebo. Wish you would have landed (safely), relieved it costs no one else their life.
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In reply to Fightin_Aggie • 7:27p, 4/29/26
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Fightin_Aggie said:
But can they break guitars?



Happened again at LAX


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9:11p, 4/29/26
Carrion luggage.


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In reply to IIIHorn • 9:24p, 4/29/26
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IIIHorn said:
Carrion luggage.


Skykill roadkill?
"Well, if you can’t have a great season, at least ruin somebody else’s." - Olin Buchanan
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In reply to ABattJudd • 9:29p, 4/29/26
ABattJudd said:
IIIHorn said:
Carrion luggage.


Skykill roadkill?

It depends upon what's at steak.


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