One other point Jetliner...
It would surprise me if a passenger on a domestic flight checked in at the airport and checked a bag, and then failed to board, if the TSA and FAA would not consider that to be a VERY serious breach of security regulations if the aircraft flew with the bag onboard. Whilst bags can travel without the passenger (for example, if bags are lost or fail to make the original flight); the circumstances I have outlined above are a very serious security issue. I am no expert, but I know that in Europe this would be in the category of one of the most serious security breaches possible. This method is suspected to be the way in which the PanAm/Lockerbie disaster occurred.
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