Originally Posted by
BD1959
Finally, having endured 45mins of nonchalance, I questioned whether the media might be interested in the fact that though the passengers missed their connections, their baggage didn't - it was flown unaccompanied on their booked flights although the pax were mis-connects - the AM's attitude changed in the blink of an eye. I'd also expect would happen with QF, if faced with the same sort of challenge to their own nonchalance.
Seems to me that the majors have more in common that we like to think.
BD
Is it because of a possible security breach that would make this interesting to the media?
Unaccompanied passenger bagage only becomes a security risk when the passenger fails to present for a flight that it has had baggage checked in, connected baggage does not fall into this catergory if it is in a disrupt where the passenger endeavoured to travel but missed the connection at the comany's fault. Infact I can safely say this happenes quite regularly and I doubt an experienced AM would fear the media as this is regular practice for many airlines in these situations. It has happened to me over 5 times (the joys of travelling on stand-by), and with as many different airlines.