- Fremantle dockers won’t forget recent flight from Tasmania
- The club has yet to comment on the stomach-churning incident.
Fremantle dockers were forced to endure a horror flight in which passengers were allegedly forced to urinate into basins, while staff were forced to manually scoop toilet waste into the basins.
The AFL team were reportedly on a chartered National Jet Express flight from Launceston to Perth following their loss to Hawthorn on July 13 when the plane ran out of water after just half an hour.
The Transport Workers Union, which represents cabin crew, has expressed deep concern about the ordeal, saying staff and passengers were exposed to an unhealthy and unsafe environment as toilets were not working.
Cabin crew were reportedly forced to manually collect toilet waste into basins, while passengers were forced to urinate into basins.
TWU Western Australia state secretary Tim Dawson called the situation “absolutely unacceptable” and said it “demonstrates a blatant disregard of the duty of care” towards both passengers and union members.
“Our cabin crew should not be subject to such dangerous working conditions and passengers should not have to endure such distressing experiences,” he said.
Mr Dawson said the safety and wellbeing of members was the union’s “top priority”.
“This incident highlights the critical need for health and safety representatives and for workers to have a strong voice to report these incidents before the aircraft is in the air,” he said.
Fremantle dockers were forced to endure a horror flight in which passengers were allegedly forced to urinate into basins, while staff were forced to manually collect toilet waste into the basins (file image)
Stomach-churning scenes unfolded on a flight from Launceston to Perth – Dockers stars Luke Ryan (pictured, left) and Corey Wagner after the loss to Hawthorn on July 13.
Western Australia Transport Workers Union state secretary Tim Dawson called the situation “absolutely unacceptable” (pictured right, Dockers star Caleb Serong)
“We are committed to fighting for the rights and safety of our cabin crew, and we must ensure that preventable incidents like these do not happen again.”
The TWU has contacted National Jet Express, which is reportedly investigating the incident and has agreed to share its findings with the union.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted National Jet Express for comment.
Fremantle have yet to comment on the incident, but defender Luke Ryan will address the media on Thursday afternoon.
The chaotic scenes add to Fremantle’s forgettable history of matches in Launceston.
The Dockers have won just two of their 14 games at York Park but have only had one chance to celebrate victory on the return flight after their 2006 ‘Sirengate’ triumph was confirmed just days after the match had ended.