module 6.1 week 4 English

• Module 6.1
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

WEEK 4

Date test:

28 June (1LV2, 3 and 4)

29 June (1LV1)

30 June (1LV5)

kahoot!

we'll do a short kahoot on what you remember of last week's lesson:  Schengen

theme 3: 

baggage route

aan het einde van deze les kun je:

• beschrijven wat je rol en taken zijn als PGSA
• beschrijven wat het verschil is tussen transfer en transit passengers
• beschrijven wat het verschil is tussen COR en NOC
• transfer en arriving passengers  de weg wijzen op Schiphol
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At the end of this class:

• you can explain the route of the baggage from the aircraft to the reclaim hall
• you can describe what "airside" entails
• you know the difference between a buffer and the platform

reclaim halls

• Schiphol has 4 reclaim halls 
• here you find the baggage belts for arriving baggage
• responsible for this process is: BASS (Baggage Airport Service Schiphol)
• 16 reclaim carousels (or luggage belts, conveyor belts)
• 3 odd size belts

your role as PGSA

• If you work in a reclaim hall, you might expect many questions about which flight will be arriving on which belt. 
• It's very useful to know what belt is in which of the 4 halls.
• The Schiphol app gives a lot of information about arrivals: what time does a flight touch down, on which baggage belt will the baggage arrive?

responsible for baggage:

Not Schiphol (AAS), but the handling agent of the airline is responsible for the baggage. 

Active handling agents at Schiphol (at this moment): 

Aviapartner, Dnata, Menzies, Swissport, KLM and Viggo. 

baggage workers on the platform:

• unloaders to get the baggage out of the belly
• drivers  for the trucks
• unloaders to load the baggage onto the baggage belt in the reclaim hall

baggage is usually being delivered within 20-40 minutes after landing on the belt in the reclaim hall

airside 

• Airside: these are all areas, for which you can only get access by passing a security checkpoint (and for which you need an airport pass) 

• Airside is divided in 4 areas:

1. traffic area (verkeersareaal)
2. landing area (landingsterrein)
3. technical area (technisch areaal)
4. cargo (vracht)

1. traffic area

• lounges
• piers
• gates
• platforms
• VOP's (vliegtuig opstelplaatsen)
• buffers (extra "opstelplaatsen" without an aviobridge) 

2. Landing area

• taxi ways
• runways
• Schiphol has 6 runways
• all runways are in use for take-off and landing (depends on the wind)

3. technical area

• hangars at Schiphol-Oost
• largest: hangar 14
• 1 x every 5 jaar major maintenance
• takes 4 weeks to get finished

4. cargo

• Schiphol Zuid
• no passengers
• 1.6 million tons  of cargo each year via Schiphol
• from the Netherlands: mainly flowers
• only cargo carriers (airlines)

OCC / HCC

OCC =  

Operations Control Centre: 

planning of crews and aircraft

HCC = 

Hub Control Centre: 

surveillance of the ground process and punctuality of the timetable

safety on airside

• Schiphol is a very large, busy terrain
• Chain of safety: as safe as the weakest link
• Schipholpass: different colours for different areas
• Koninklijke Marechaussee (KonMar) is visibly responsible for  safety at the airport
• Customs (douane) responsible for im- and export of goods (also think of drug trafficking...)

next week:

delayed baggage