Theft From Baggage-Continental

"Ross Richardson" wrote in message
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On a trip from PDX-HOU-GPT yesterday on Continental Airlines, my "Pubs
Bag" was stolen out of one of my checked bags. If any are familiar with
this kind of bag...about 14"X16"x4", it held much of my flight gear
such as GPS 12XL, Sectionals, plotter, Jep CR-5, flashlights, knife,
Leatherman, gloves, compass, signal mirror, and misc other small items.
Continental told me tough luck and none of it is covered. Sorry things
were stolen but they were not responsible. I asked, "Well, if that is
the case, all my baggage when flying with Continental should be in a
locked hard case"? The reply was "YES".
It would appear any commercial flights today fit into that same
catagory. What really ****es me off was some of that equipment has been
all over the world with me for many years. I'd imagine the value or
replacement for the bag and contents is in excess of $500.
Heads up if you are going to fly commercial anyplace.
Ol S&B



Guess what, commerical airlines do not like locked luggage nowadays.
What is one to do?

Ross

Avoid airline travel at all costs.

Ross Richardson wrote
Guess what, commerical airlines do not like locked luggage nowadays.

Why would an airline possibly care whether your luggage is
locked or not?

Bob Moore
Retired Airline Pilot

"Bob Moore" wrote in message
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Ross Richardson wrote
Guess what, commerical airlines do not like locked luggage nowadays.

Why would an airline possibly care whether your luggage is
locked or not?

Bob Moore
Retired Airline Pilot

Because much of it now is opened and gone through before being put on the
airplane. They will break locks to get into luggage.

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"Dave Stadt" wrote:


Because much of it now is opened and gone through before being put on the
airplane. They will break locks to get into luggage.

I haven't done a lot of flying since 9-11 but I've had no problem
locking my bag. I use wire-ties to secure the zippers. On my trip to
Maui TSA opened the bag containing my dive gear. They left a notice in
the bag saying it had been inspected and they secured the zippers with
wire-ties. I had no complaint.

--
Dale L. Falk

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing around with airplanes.

http://home.gci.net/~sncdfalk/flying.html

"Dave Stadt" wrote

Because much of it now is opened and gone through before being put on the
airplane. They will break locks to get into luggage.

Don't confuse the actions required by an airline and those required
by the TSA. If I'm running an airline, I'm certainly not going to
pay someone to rummage through your luggage.

Bob Moore

Bob Moore wrote:

Ross Richardson wrote


Guess what, commerical airlines do not like locked luggage nowadays.



Why would an airline possibly care whether your luggage is
locked or not?

Bob Moore
Retired Airline Pilot


Well, I guess I did word that wrong. TSA....... I have been directly
told by TSA personnal that it is not a good idea to lock luggage.

Ross

Ross Richardson wrote:

Guess what, commerical airlines do not like locked luggage nowadays.
What is one to do?

After the baggage is checked (international flights) everything gets zip
tied (color coded)... So far so good with the zippered bags, knock knock...

They ate the wheels off of a hard case on the last trip though...

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 13:48:00 -0600, Darrel Toepfer
wrote:

Ross Richardson wrote:

Guess what, commerical airlines do not like locked luggage nowadays.
What is one to do?

After the baggage is checked (international flights) everything gets zip
tied (color coded)... So far so good with the zippered bags, knock knock...

If you have the need for locks, purchase the ones the TSA uses. They
are marked and the inspectors have keys.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

They ate the wheels off of a hard case on the last trip though...

Roger wrote:

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 13:48:00 -0600, Darrel Toepfer
wrote:


Ross Richardson wrote:


Guess what, commerical airlines do not like locked luggage nowadays.
What is one to do?

After the baggage is checked (international flights) everything gets zip
tied (color coded)... So far so good with the zippered bags, knock knock...


If you have the need for locks, purchase the ones the TSA uses. They
are marked and the inspectors have keys.

And probably everyone else has a key by now as well...

Matt

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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Roger wrote:

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 13:48:00 -0600, Darrel Toepfer
wrote:


Ross Richardson wrote:


Guess what, commerical airlines do not like locked luggage nowadays.
What is one to do?

After the baggage is checked (international flights) everything gets zip
tied (color coded)... So far so good with the zippered bags, knock
knock...


If you have the need for locks, purchase the ones the TSA uses. They
are marked and the inspectors have keys.

And probably everyone else has a key by now as well...

Matt

Matt,

Some brands will show you if your bag has been opened.

If it's been opened and there is no flyer from the TSA showing that your bag
was "inspected", then someone at the airline has sticky fingers and I'd go
straight to a supervisor and raise hell with him/her about it.

FWIW...

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Chandler, AZ