Plane winglets collision - GIF

[WmRMeyers]

Made me wonder what the guy under the wing was doing? Is he just a spectator? Was he supposed to be walking under the wing to prevent such an incident? When I was an aircraft mechanic for the USAF, we were taught to avoid such things. And if I'd just stood there and watched it happen without trying to prevent it, I might have gotten to buy the replacement parts and pay for the labor of installing them out of my munificent salary. I also wonder if he still had a job a couple of hours later.

Bill