Originally Posted by
hjohnson
I see this fairly frequently. My guess is they're looking for a connecting bag that may have been missed in the initial scan and sort they do as the bags come off the plane. Though it might also just be an audit to make sure the right bags come out the chute.
^ if they're checking for connecting bags that missed the initial scan. I've seen too many instances coming off of my ex-US flights and see connecting bags at YYZ that should have been through-checked onto the pax's int'l flight. In fact, I even told an AC ground staff in one instance, and it was shrugged off, and they went back to doing whatever they were doing.
Then, when my bag got "lost" when connecting through YYZ from ORD-CDG, I realized what likely happened.