Originally Posted by
davidharris
As previous posters have said, every chance the other guy picks his bag up afterward and sticks it in a locker above your head on your flight. The checks are there for a reason.
Just to welcome you,
davidharris, to Flyertalk and to the British Airways board in particular. Clearly this is a sensitive topic, but thank you for making your first contribution here and I very much hope will see more from you in this forum.