EASTERN USES LASER, BULLSEYE TO SPEED OUTBOUND BAGGAGE

Eastern Airlines has created at its Miami terminal a computerized outbound baggage handling system that two years of operation have proven to be a success. The system itself and the intensive and continual training program of all personnel concerned with landing baggage has helped Eastern reduce its mishandle rate at Miami to 9.3 per 1,000. This is considerably less than half the industry average.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Reinhold Publishing Company, Incorporated

  600 Summer Street
  Stamford, CT  United States  06904
• Authors:
  • Henderson, D K
• Publication Date: 1975-10

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 24-25
• Serial:
  • ATW: Air Transport World
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: Penton Media
  • ISSN: 0002-2543

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Baggage; Baggage handling; Information processing; Intermodal terminals; Training
• Old TRIS Terms: Terminal facilitation
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Education and Training; Finance; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00164005
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Aviation Administration
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 13 1977 12:00AM