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OK, but flynomore, you kind of answered your own question here....when you take your car to the mechanic, do you leave valuables on the front seat?

You are handing your bag over to strangers. Yes, there should be a level of trust, but these things do happen. And it happens on every airline. I've seen my share of people getting busted for pilferage (even at other cities and other airlines) and I can tell you that they all have one thing in common, and that is that it's a crime of opportunity. In other words, none of the thieves came to work for an airline with the intent to become a thief. But with all the places that bags have to go through, the opportunities are there. We don't have control over many of the airport facilities, so cameras and the like are not always an option. The cameras that are there, are controlled by the airport, and generally they are only concerned with keeping terrorists out.