A touring Aussie post-punk band has been left shocked and indignant at their therapy by Qantas, taking to social media to vent their frustration.
In a video posted to Instagram, rockers Chimers seize Qantas contractors throwing their devices with out care onto the conveyor belt into the airplane because the band sits within the gate lounge ready for his or her flight to Melbourne.
The quick clip exhibits a wet day on the airport, with employees in hi-vis vests throwing guitar circumstances and baggage onto a loading tray after which into the airplane.
“Coming in sizzling Melbourne!” the band says within the caption.
“BTW we solely began filming after they launched Binx’s snare case so laborious it bounced off the conveyor belt onto the bottom.”
Others on social media reacted with shock to the clip.
“Friggen hell that’s tough,” one person mentioned.
“Good factor it’s a Greco and never a Gibson. Much less prone to break the headstock.”
One other commenter mentioned he was “tremendous fired up” after seeing the shortage of care.
“So f**ked,” he mentioned.
The band responded by saying it might ship a “strongly worded electronic mail” to the airline behemoth.
Qantas contracts Swissport for its ground-handling providers at Sydney airport and a Qantas spokesman mentioned the corporate was “extremely upset” with the bags handler’s alleged behaviour.
“It’s fully unacceptable to deal with any baggage on this method, notably musical devices,” the spokesman mentioned.
“We have been made conscious of the incident on Wednesday and raised it with our ground-handling contractor, Swissport. The bags handler has been faraway from engaged on Qantas flights whereas Swissport investigates.”
A Swissport spokeswoman confirmed on Friday afternoon the incident was underneath investigation.
“Disrespectful behaviour to our buyer baggage and private results is not going to be tolerated,” the spokeswoman mentioned.
Chimers is a two-piece punk and storage act, with singer Padraic Skehan on guitar and Binx on drums.
Black Flag singer Henry Rollins has praised the band as “actually good”, whereas the Gimme Gimme Gimme Zine says about them: “Visceral and pressing, this combo packs a post-punk punk.”
The duo are scheduled to play on the Brunswick Ballroom in Melbourne on Friday and Crowbar Sydney on Saturday.
The band has been contacted for remark.
