Originally Posted by
pgiyer
When I traveled in India on a domestic flight recently, the system went this way: When you place a laptop (or jacket etc) in a plastic tray, there are two large cards with matching numbers on them. You take one, the other stays on the tray. When you have passed through, you give your card to the guard there, he gives you the matching tray.
Excellent idea!
It's just that would take a person that would have to be paid. The airlines don't accept responsibility, why should they pay to deal with it?