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Originally Posted by Jetliner
As to the original post - If you hand your bag over, the normal baggage liability should apply, however that also means that electronics are not covered, so you will not be able to recover anything on this one.
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We should all be calling our congressmen right now. How ludicrous!
This is a matter of simple math:
a. TSA regulations limit passengers to one carry-on and one personal item.
b. Regulations limit the size of the carry-on.
c. Personal item is to be under the seat in front of you.
Accordingly, every overhead bin should be in a position to accommodate one carry-on for each passenger. The only exceptions are those poor souls in bulkhead that have no seat in front of them to store personal items, as well as the smaller overhead that contains the oxygen and safety demo items.
From my viewpoint, the air crew should be forced to check their bags at the gate if all passengers cannot get the bags on. Make everyone put the smaller item under the seat in front of them and ensure that as much overhead space as possible is available. When the airlines do everything that they can to ensure we can keep our carry-on bags with us, then we can talk about the contract of carriage.
For an airline to claim the contract of carriage and limitation of liability when they force the bag to be checked AND take no responsible action to prevent theft when the bags are in their possession is nothing short of criminal. When the TSA forces a passenger through a full-body search it makes the news- but when these violations happen to us from the airlines themselves, we are supposed to live with it?
We need regulations added to the Passenger Bill of Rights. If airline employees don't want that level of scrutiny and oversight, they should find other lines of work that may overlook theft. Good luck with that.