United employee accused of stealing luggage during Asiana crash diversions
Jul 29, 2013, 11:09 am
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United employee accused of stealing luggage during Asiana crash diversions
I'm just embarrassed it happened at my home airport:
http://blog.sfgate.com/crime/2013/07...aling-luggage/
Edit: Actually, mods, please change title to "accused of stealing"...
http://blog.sfgate.com/crime/2013/07...aling-luggage/
Edit: Actually, mods, please change title to "accused of stealing"...
Last edited by SFOPhD; Jul 29, 2013 at 11:10 am Reason: title change request
Jul 29, 2013, 11:34 am
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Jul 29, 2013, 4:53 pm
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Jul 29, 2013, 6:11 pm
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Jul 29, 2013, 6:17 pm
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I totally don't understand the logistics of how this occurred. It said that people who were supposed to fly to SFO but couldn't due to diversions. How did their luggage make it?
Jul 29, 2013, 6:29 pm
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Probably because their bags were tagged to SFO and were put on the next available flight to SFO. However, that flight might not have had open seats for standby passengers so people ended up flying in to nearby airports.
Jul 29, 2013, 6:46 pm
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If indeed the people tried to profit from the confusion of Asiana 214 aftermath, thats behaviour is un-worthy of human beings IMHO.
The connection to A214 is pure speculation however - for all we know someone saw some Nordstrom stuff in bag and tagged it for stealing/return on that basis alone.
I will ask Mods to move to Travel Buzz as I dont feel the connection to UA is relevant.
The connection to A214 is pure speculation however - for all we know someone saw some Nordstrom stuff in bag and tagged it for stealing/return on that basis alone.
I will ask Mods to move to Travel Buzz as I dont feel the connection to UA is relevant.
Jul 29, 2013, 9:00 pm
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No evidence, but very hard to imagine this being pulled off at such a busy place without "protection". And hard to believe this is a first time offender if he is that long at UA. Glad they got caught.
Jul 29, 2013, 9:04 pm
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I didn't want this thread to go super negative when I posted; I wanted to alert us to activity at a UA hub. This story certainly does not reflect or imply similar actions by all frontline UA employees. Hopefully awareness of this example will 1) encourage UA to be vigilant against future similar crimes and 2) help us appreciate the good employees that work hard and bring our luggage, like us, safely home.
Jul 29, 2013, 9:20 pm
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On a broader note, this kind of thing is the reason why I'll never buy an expensive-looking suitcase, nor will I ever part with my cheap cardboard luggage tags. You never want to have the bag that looks like it might contain $5,0000 worth of brand-new clothes.