Re: baggage handlers being called throwers<p>> This is not a common term that is actually used,<p>At the time, it most certainly was. Specifically in Southern California @ John Wayne Airport and LAX. Today, it has been officially discouraged by the union due to potential and realized bad press.<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baggage_handler" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baggage_handler</a>