The recent death of an Air India technician and the incident in Kolkata airport where a sleepy bus driver drove into a parked aircraft, have brought the focus on airside safety in our ever-expanding airports.

Ground staff at the Mumbai Airport, which is the second busiest in the country, told mid-day that with the increasing emphasis on punctuality, their job has been getting stressful by the day, leading to an increasing number of human errors of late. Including permanent and casual loaders, drivers, technicians, maintenance engineers of different airlines, airport managers and security personnel, Mumbai Airport has approximately 8,000 ground staff manning 90 bays.