easyJet Security Risk
Oct 20, 2015 | 5:51 am
#1
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easyJet Security Risk
I've noticed that when checking in a bag using easyJet's self-bag drop facilities, no ID checks are undertaken for the passenger.
This seems highly incongruent with the requirement that a passenger must travel with their bag (except in cases of IRROPS) as screening of checked luggage isn't considered 100% safe.
Rightly or wrongly, boarding passes are easily obtainable from excitable Facebook posts or social engineering - once in possession of one, it would be trivial to check-in something undesirable on behalf of a travelling passenger and then leave the airport.
Thoughts?
This seems highly incongruent with the requirement that a passenger must travel with their bag (except in cases of IRROPS) as screening of checked luggage isn't considered 100% safe.
Rightly or wrongly, boarding passes are easily obtainable from excitable Facebook posts or social engineering - once in possession of one, it would be trivial to check-in something undesirable on behalf of a travelling passenger and then leave the airport.
Thoughts?
Oct 20, 2015 | 10:24 am
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OMG, LH allows you to check your luggage using machines in MUC since 2002.... 
EU rules require screening of all baggage. So if anything nefarious is in there, it should be discovered in theory.
EU rules require screening of all baggage. So if anything nefarious is in there, it should be discovered in theory.
Oct 20, 2015 | 10:53 am
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Not to mention that in the US, whether a passenger is on the flight or not, a bag that is checked in on a domestic flight continues until final destination.
Oct 21, 2015 | 5:12 am
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Whenever I've checked in bags at a desk I've been asked for ID, and when I have used another carrier's self-drop desks I was asked for ID before it was sent down - which is why this seemed strange.
If they're screened, why is there such a security risk of bags needing to be offloaded if a passenger isn't travelling - other than the obvious inconvenience to the passenger?
If they're screened, why is there such a security risk of bags needing to be offloaded if a passenger isn't travelling - other than the obvious inconvenience to the passenger?