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They don’t “confiscate” meds. They steal them. I’ve never flew and got my bag back with the lock still on it (it was taken off and rummaged through). My wife h

by wredue 3y ago

They don’t “confiscate” meds. They steal them. I’ve never flew and got my bag back with the lock still on it (it was taken off and rummaged through). My wife has had underwear stolen. My kids gym shoes were stolen. It’s like airlines require a criminal history for bag service. Always take important or expensive stuff in carry on.

mcpackieh 3y ago
> It’s like airlines require a criminal history for bag service. Well hey, they did their time and paid their debt to society right? Should they continue being unemployable for life, forced to return to a life of crime? Give those guys a second chance to earn an honest living and show the world they aren't defined by their past. (Is it actually true that airlines hire people with criminal histories to handle luggage? I think they actually require clean background checks for those jobs, for obvious reasons, but such background checks are often the subject of the sort of criticism I just presented.)
- Eisenstein 3y ago
  What's more likely, stuff gets lost or kids forget to pack it, or this guy has gotten perv bag handlers that can sniff out women's underwear and children's gym shoes and stole them, risking their job in the process? If they weren't able to sniff them out, then they rummage through bags randomly as they are running down conveyor belts to find clothing items and shoes to steal.
  - pengaru 3y ago
    For some seeing a trivially defeated security mechanism like a luggage lock is an invitation to defeat it. Doubly so if it's attached to expensive luggage...
- JimtheCoder 3y ago
  "Well hey, they did their time and paid their debt to society right? Should they continue being unemployable for life, forced to return to a life of crime? Give those guys a second chance to earn an honest living and show the world they aren't defined by their past." While this is true, it may be a good idea to employ them in jobs where it isn't tempting/super easy to get away with theft? Roofers, plumbers, and the like have a lot harder time stealing things than airplane baggage handlers...
amalcon 3y ago
> They don’t “confiscate” meds. They steal them. Which is why you put them in your carry-on: so that it is never in possession of the baggage handlers. The TSA employees at the security checkpoint won't generally steal things right in front of your face and under the cameras.

by wredue 3y ago

mcpackieh 3y ago

> It’s like airlines require a criminal history for bag service. Well hey, they did their time and paid their debt to society right? Should they continue being unemployable for life, forced to return to a life of crime? Give those guys a second chance to earn an honest living and show the world they aren't defined by their past. (Is it actually true that airlines hire people with criminal histories to handle luggage? I think they actually require clean background checks for those jobs, for obvious reasons, but such background checks are often the subject of the sort of criticism I just presented.)

Eisenstein 3y ago
What's more likely, stuff gets lost or kids forget to pack it, or this guy has gotten perv bag handlers that can sniff out women's underwear and children's gym shoes and stole them, risking their job in the process? If they weren't able to sniff them out, then they rummage through bags randomly as they are running down conveyor belts to find clothing items and shoes to steal.
- pengaru 3y ago
  For some seeing a trivially defeated security mechanism like a luggage lock is an invitation to defeat it. Doubly so if it's attached to expensive luggage...
JimtheCoder 3y ago
"Well hey, they did their time and paid their debt to society right? Should they continue being unemployable for life, forced to return to a life of crime? Give those guys a second chance to earn an honest living and show the world they aren't defined by their past." While this is true, it may be a good idea to employ them in jobs where it isn't tempting/super easy to get away with theft? Roofers, plumbers, and the like have a lot harder time stealing things than airplane baggage handlers...

amalcon 3y ago

> They don’t “confiscate” meds. They steal them. Which is why you put them in your carry-on: so that it is never in possession of the baggage handlers. The TSA employees at the security checkpoint won't generally steal things right in front of your face and under the cameras.