No Aircraft
Distraction
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown
General None Reported / Taken
Environment - Non Weather Related; Company Policy; Human Factors; Procedure
I am a Lead Ramp Serviceman and I get bounced around the airport gate to gate and most of the time different ramp employees on my flights. The expectation is that when I get my gate box it is clean. Wireless headsets have been disinfected. Problem is; that's great when I work my first trip. Now I get sent to another work area; with new crew; there is a sense of time pressure now since I need to get to the other side of the airport to do a departure. By the time I get there it is already past the time to start loading the aircraft so I need to plan the flight; verify any cargo or freight at the gate along with bags; and make sure whoever is assigned to that flight is there. I'm now even further behind the 8 ball. Now it comes to load and the entire time I am running around ensuring a safe operation on the gate. Now comes departure time and the pressure is so immense that the Supervisor comes out to the gate and stands there watching you for no apparent reason. I feel like I have no time to sanitize my headsets; so the new crew I have puts on these headsets without having them cleaned. I feel as if I will be spoken to if I take any more time out to sanitize each headset that I am given. This creates an exposure not only for myself; but for anyone wearing these headsets. I have had guys refuse to wear headsets because they are not sanitized properly and; in their mind; and the wipes that are provided; they think; are not enough. Few people the wipes are OK but for most; they don't trust that it will effectively sanitize the headsets. We've lost a lot of good people here in ZZZ and everyone is on edge with this pandemic. After being moved around a lot I tend to use up all of my wipes. So; what do I do then? I barely have time to each lunch at times.
Lead Ramp Serviceman reported lack of equipment sanitation due to on-time departure pressure and working with different personnel throughout the airport.