On airplanes, considering fighting cameras with cameras

Richie McBride is CE of Edesix, a company that produces small wearable cameras used by railway, health care and retail workers in Europe. Lately, he has turned his attention to a new and potentially sizable market: airlines. Already, McBride has sold the devices to Aurigny, a small carrier in Guernsey. Managers of employees who interact with customers can set off the lapel-mounted camera when they think an event is getting out of hand. “As a small community airline, a vast majority of our passengers are very friendly, polite, respectful,” said Dave Cox, the ground operations manager for Aurigny. “However, like with all carriers, you may occasionally encounter individuals who can be rude, aggressive and abusive to our staff.” Aurigny may be the first airline to arm its workers with cameras, but it is not likely to be the last, McBride said. <br/>