What proof do you have of this "theft ring" you speak of? Please back up your statements with facts. All I see here is conjecture.
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Originally Posted by Olive
The airlines should be responsible to hand the luggage back or check bag tags......it's a joke and they get away with a fine that is nothing compared to what we lose. Luggage should not be allowed on a flight unless it goes through the bar code system, its frightening to think that security at Canadian airports are letting luggage onto flights without being tracked. If we had a tracking system that worked.. and someone checking bag tags, disappearing luggage would not be an issue.
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Do you realize what a mess baggage claim would be if each piece of luggage had to be hand delivered to each passenger? Do you really think that after a long flight people would tolerate standing in a queue so that their claim cheques could be verified against the bag tags by an agent before being allowed to leave with the bags? Think of how many more people the airline would need ot hire for this function. Passengers with checked bags would have to pay even more fees to ofset the added cost. What about people who lose the claim tags?
As for bags being allowed on aircraft without being tracked, that is just absurd. I'm sure if a handler loading a plane noticed a bag without a tag it would not be loaded. All bags are screened anyway so it shouldn't be a problem but if a bag isn't tagged to go on a specific flight it will stay where it is until a lost bag claim is filed.