Airport workers

[Rachel Adams]

Hello.
What do you call the woman in the picture who works at the airport? An airport worker? I don't think it's correct. Picture C.
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[Tarheel]

A student?

 

[Rover_KE]

I can't see anybody working at an airport.

 

[emsr2d2]

It's the photo in the bottom left and she's a "check-in agent".

 

[tzfujimino]

Picture C looks like this one:
https://www.masterfile.com/image/en/625-02266938

 

[emsr2d2]

It is that picture, and it's clearly a member of airline staff checking a passenger in.

 

[tzfujimino]

Well, it's not exactly the same as the one given by Rachel, but both of them were obviously taken at the same place.

 

[emsr2d2]

Well, it's not exactly the same as the one given by Rachel, but both of them were obviously taken at the same place.

The only difference seems to be that in the picture in post #1, the passenger is about to hand his passport and ticket to her, and in the one you posted, she's handing him his passport and boarding card.

 

[tedmc]

Check-in counter staff?

 

[Tdol]

Ground staff

 

[Yankee]

Check-in Agent.

 

[emsr2d2]

Check-in Agent.

See post #4.

 

[Yankee]

See post #4.

I made it official with caps. ;-) (Actually, I missed it.)

 

[Rover_KE]

check-in agent

 

[probus]

Often called "gate agent" in AmE.

 

[emsr2d2]

check-in agent

Don't you start! ;-)

Mind you, with three of us now having suggested the same thing, hopefully the OP will believe that's her job.

 

[Rover_KE]

I thought I'd read it before somewhere.

 

[emsr2d2]

Often called "gate agent" in AmE.

At UK airports, the staff working at the check-in desk are different from the staff working at the gate.

 

[probus]

At UK airports, the staff working at the check-in desk are different from the staff working at the gate.

In North America it is almost never necessary to visit a check-in desk unless you need special assistance such as a wheelchair. You print your boarding passes at home. If you have luggage to check you print the tags at an automated kiosk and drop it with the baggage handlers. Boarding pass in hand you pass through security and go straight to the gate.

 

[emsr2d2]

That's the same here but many people in the UK still don't like printing their own boarding passes! I've seen a few automated kiosks for checked-in luggage but, in general, you still have to go to a desk and see a real person if you have luggage for the hold.