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Dismissed baggage handlers at NAIA appeal for their side to be heard

Waiting and hoping that your baggage is intact.NAIA baggage  carousel.
Waiting and hoping that your baggage is intact.NAIA baggage carousel.
A few weeks ago, six baggage handlers in NAIA1 were apprehended by airport intelligence agents after valuables suspected to have been stolen from passengers’ baggage were found in their lockers.

Reports said items found in the baggage handlers’ lockers included a gold ring and earring, a G-Shock wristwatch, a Seiko wristwatch, and three branded men’s sunglasses and padlocks.

Officials of the Manila International Airport Authority, the office that oversees international airports in the country, said they have outsourced baggage handling at the airports so the handlers were employees of one of the accredited companies.

MIAA General manager Angel Honrado said the six were suspended. At the same time, he advised passengers not to put valuables especially cash and jewelry in their checked-in baggage.

NAIA1 no longer world’s worst, now ranked 4th-worst

NAIA1. From Flickr
NAIA1. From Flickr


By Ellen T.Tordesillas, VERA Files

The Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Teminal 1 (NAIA1) is no longer the worst airport in the world, according to an online website dedicated to reviewing airports all over the world.

NAIA is now No. four in the 2014 list of Worst Airports of “The Guide to Sleeping in Airports,” outranked by Islamabad Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Pakistan (1st); Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport in Saudi Arabia (2nd); and Kathmandu Tribhuvan International Airport in Nepal (3rd).

The Guide to Sleeping in Airports explained the improvement in ranking of NAIA1:

Is anyone surprised that NAIA1 is worst airport in the world?

Long lines NAIA1. Thanks to Flickr for photo.
Long lines NAIA1. Thanks to Flickr for photo.

Is anyone surprised that Ninoy Aquino International Airport is once again the topnotcher in the list of worst airports in the world?

The Sept. 30, 2014 post in the website Life Cheat Sheet said “Airports are often an essential and unavoidable part of traveling. Sometimes, you luck out and find yourself in an airport that has minimal wait times and is full of shops, restaurants, and polite staff. Unfortunately, that is not always the case.”
It listed 10 worst airports known for “having rude staff, long lines, poor facilities, and a chaotic environment. “

Life Cheat Sheet website cited NAIA1’s feature that beat competitors hands down: “This Manila-based airport struggles with the 32 million passengers who use its facility each year. That shouldn’t come as a shock, though, considering it only has the capacity for 6 million passengers, according to CNBC.

Paliwanag ni Commissioner Ricardo David sa sitwasyon sa NAIA1

Immigration Commissioner Ricardo David, Jr.
Sumulat si Bureau of Immigration Commissioner Ricardo A. David ,Jr. na dating Philippine Armed Forces chief of staff, tungkol sa aking sinulat noong Hulyo 1 tungkol sa sobrang haba na pila sa immigration sa NAIA 1.

Ipinaliwanag ni Commissioner David na pitong buwan na nakasara ang ilang parte ng runway ng NAIA dahil inaayos kaya kailangan walang eroplano sa runway 30 minutos makalaampas ang hatingggabi. Dahil doon, sunod-sunod ang mga dating ng eroplano.

Ang problema, maliit talaga ang lugar para sa immigration sa NAIA I.

Ito ang isang parte ng sulat ni David: “Please be informed tha the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) has commenced implementing a seven-month partial closure of the NAIA due to runway repairs from January to August 2012 from 00:30H to 5:30H, affecting departing and arriving flights at the NAIA.

Hindi “fun” pagdating sa NAIA1

Interaksyon file photo
Hindi na bago itong reklamo ngunit uulitin ko na naman dito dahil ganun pa rin ang sitwasyun sa arrival sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport 1. Nakakadismaya na nakakainis. Sobra isang oras kaming nakapila sa Immigration noong Sabado ng gabi.

Hindi bale ako dahil tatlo at kalahati oras lang ang biyahe mula Seoul. Ang marami sa mga nakapila ay galing pa ng Amerika at ang iba ay galing Middle East at Europe na humigit-kumulang 14 oras ang biyahe. Siyempre pagod na sila. May mga bata na umiiyak.

It’s not fun arriving in the Philippines via NAIA1.