TSA stealing stuff from carry-ons?!
Apr 22, 2008 | 6:10 am
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TSA stealing stuff from carry-ons?!
I just read this article this morning on MSNBC:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24187702/
What an infuriating, but not necessarily surprising, article. Passengers have always been told if they have anything of value, make sure it's on your carry-on because that's the only place it's safe. I guess the axiom should now be changed to "don't carry anything of value on an airplane...ever." Our airlines are going bankrupt, our bags are getting lost, what bags do make it have stuff stolen from them, our air marshal program is falling apart, we leave people stuck on taxi-ways for hours, the best coach food I've had in the past decade was on *Aeroflot*... is there any silver lining, or are we stuck in this Orwellian nightmare forever?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24187702/
What an infuriating, but not necessarily surprising, article. Passengers have always been told if they have anything of value, make sure it's on your carry-on because that's the only place it's safe. I guess the axiom should now be changed to "don't carry anything of value on an airplane...ever." Our airlines are going bankrupt, our bags are getting lost, what bags do make it have stuff stolen from them, our air marshal program is falling apart, we leave people stuck on taxi-ways for hours, the best coach food I've had in the past decade was on *Aeroflot*... is there any silver lining, or are we stuck in this Orwellian nightmare forever?
Last edited by Medic1; Apr 22, 2008 at 6:28 am
Apr 22, 2008 | 7:23 am
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The article never really defined how widespread this problem is. Every employer experiences employee theft. That is just a fact of doing business. I can't imagine why or how the TSA would be immune from this. I have never had anything taken from one of my bags but I, typically, do not have anything more than clothing and toiletries in a check in case and I keep a good eye on my carryon as it passes through security.
Apr 22, 2008 | 7:28 am
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Read the comments that people posted afterwards. The difference is that the TSA never takes responsibility and can get away with e-mails that say nothing and make no reparations. A business that did nothing when its employees stole from customers would go bankrupt. Not the TSA.
Apr 22, 2008 | 7:32 am
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Already pretty far along in TS/S http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=815412
Apr 22, 2008 | 9:23 am
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Thank you bzbdewd for the link. Please make any contributions to the discussion to the thread cited in the post above, in our Travel Saftey/Security forum. Ocn Vw 1K, Moderator, TravelBuzz.