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Old Oct 7, 2005 | 11:00 pm
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Originally Posted by mbstone

Surely the time has come for the government to bang heads together and re-invent the interline baggage system to include jetBlue, Southwest, etc. etc. This would reduce the workload on the people who x-ray and otherwise inspect bags (even though they are compensated through high ticket taxes) by not having to re-inspect bags that were already inspected earlier the same day.

Your thoughts?
AFAIK, interline baggage is governed by contracts between carriers, not with the gov't. As such, the last thing we need is for the feds to get involved anymore than they are with things involving our luggage.
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