Originally Posted by
cb1111
Virtually all my theft problems were pre-TSA. The only item I've lost post TSA is a hairbrush on an international flight to VIE. The bag had a "we opened your bag" paper inside and stuff had been rifled through but the only thing missing was a ratty old hairbrush. The only unfortunate thing is that I didn't unpack until after the stores closed on Saturday and finding a hairbrush in Vienna on Sunday is impossible.
If all you lost while traveling is a hairbrush, then you were most likely not traveling much on business, and having to carry equipment with you. My guess is that you are leisure traveler, or at best a light business traveler.
I used to travel heavily on business, there were several years where I was traveling more than 80% of the year. Most of that travel required taking equipment and tools with me in checked bags. When I was able to lock hard sided cases, I had no losses (unless the whole case went missing). After the TSA came on the scene I began losing individual tools and pieces of equipment out of checked baggage. It got to the point where it was cheaper to use FedEx and UPS to ship the tools and equipment to the site rather than risk the pilfering at the airport.