The US Airways Fleet Service Agent - At Work

The primary function of the FSA is the loading and unloading aircraft. Among the various items that are transported the most common are the following:

• Bags
• Freight
• Mail
• PDQ

Baggage

The FSA will encounter many types of baggage, each of which will need to be handled differently. The many types of baggage are the following:

• Local - arriving baggage where the finial destination is the city where it is being unloaded
• Transfer - baggage where the finial destination or originating flight is one other than the flight where it is being loaded/unloaded. The baggage will need to be transferred to a flight being serviced by US Airways.
• Interline - baggage where the finial destination or originating flight is one other than the flight where it is being loaded/unloaded. The finale destination will be reached by a different airline. The baggage will need to be transferred to a flight being serviced by an airline other than US Airways.

Each bag is individually labeled with a bag-tag, which the FSA will need to examine. Each bag-tag that contains the following information:

• Travelers name
• Travel origination date
• Destination city code
• Originating city code
• Flight number

Freight

US Airways transports freight by way of aircraft. The size, weight, and number of freight and contents of the shipments vary. The FSA's load and unload freight that is being transported by way of US Airways aircraft based on the flights they are assigned.

Mail

US Airways transports mail by way of aircraft. The size, weight, and number, and contents of the shipments vary. The FSA's load and unload mail that is being transported by way of US Airways aircraft based on the flights they are assigned. There are three types of mail shipments, which are the following:

• Domestic - Mail that has originated or is to be delivered within the United States.
• International - Mail that has originated or is to be delivered within the outside the United States.
• Con-Con - Sensitive mail that must always be transported on it assigned flight.

Mail shipments have higher precedence that freight.

PDQ

US Airways transports PDQ by way of aircraft. The size, weight, and number, and contents of the PDQ shipments vary. The FSA's load and unload PDQ that is being transported by way of US Airways aircraft based on the flights they are assigned. There are two types of PDQ, which are the following:

• Domestic - PDQ that is shipped in a manner similar to freight.
• Baggage - PDQ that is shipped in manner that is similar to baggage.