Airline Ground Support Equipment

ATA Welcomes Opportunity to Work More Closely with OSHA/Labor Department to Improve Safety of Ground-Service Employees. The alliance partners work to enhance ramp vehicular safety by developing prevention strategies to protect employees operating aviation ground-support equipment such as tugs and belt loaders used to service aircraft at the gate. (ATA Statement, May 20, 2008)

(Seated, L to R) Kevin Diamonti, Managing Director Employee Safety, American Airlines; Paul Morell, Vice President, Safety and Regulatory Compliance, U. S. Airways; Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., Assistant Secretary, USDOL-OSHA; Captain Don Gunther, Senior Director, Safety and Regulatory Compliance, Continental Airlines; William E. Yantiss, Vice President, Corporate Safety, Security, Quality and Environment, United Airlines; (Standing, L to R) Steven Predmore, Vice President and Chief Safety Officer, JetBlue Airways; Chris White, Vice President, Safety and Regulatory Compliance, Midwest Airlines; and Basil Barimo, Vice President, Operations and Safety, Air Transport Association of America, Inc. at the National Alliance signing on May 20, 2008.