I guess that one thing everyone ought to consider is this. employee x cleans planes - gets paid peanuts and some chap who burns 7-10k on a ticket leaves Ipad, or Nintendo or whatever on the seat. Please..... his or her kids are probably having a great time. Chalk it up to a learning experience - please make sure you remove all your belongings before departing the plane?!?!?!?!?!?! Write it off to charity and hope the kids have it and it hasn't gone to some fence to feed a different sort of habit