A Zero-Sum Game - Thursday, February 17, 2011

The Toronto Star reported on a baggage-handlers strike at the international airport ( Wikipedia : “In 2010, it handled 31.8 million passengers, [4] and 418,017 aircraft movements”

“Approximately 400 baggage handlers working at Pearson and two airports in Montreal went on strike at 8 p.m. Tuesday after they failed to reach a new contract with Handlex, a subsidiary of Air Transat.”

Who knew 400 people, at least, were involved in shunting suitcases on and off those quaint little trains that scurry around your airplane while you sit wondering what the weather is like in San Diego?

But then “The Greater Toronto Airports Authority has confirmed that no flights have been delayed as a result of the baggage handlers strike at Pearson International Airport”.

So let me see if I’ve got this right:-

400 baggage handlers go on strike and it makes no difference to operations at the airport?

Why, then, are we employing these 400, if it makes no difference whether they work or not?

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