Airlines lose 42 million items of luggage in a year

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk

Airlines mishandled 42 million items of passengers' luggage in a
single year, the latest figures show.

Full Story

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/tr...in-a-year.html
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On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:23:05 +0100, Joe Curry wrote:
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk

Airlines mishandled 42 million items of passengers' luggage in a
single year, the latest figures show.

Full Story

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/tr...in-a-year.html

Although the article says:

"Airlines are responsible for checked-in baggage, ..."

Isn't the ground staff who move the bags around inside the airport and load/unload
it all from planes, employed by the airport - not the airline. So blaming the
airline (who admittedly have to compensate you) rather inaccurate when it's not
their people / equipment that makes most of the errors.

On 01 Jul 2009 09:08:08 GMT, pete wrote:


Although the article says:

"Airlines are responsible for checked-in baggage, ..."

Isn't the ground staff who move the bags around inside the airport and load/unload
it all from planes, employed by the airport - not the airline. So blaming the
airline (who admittedly have to compensate you) rather inaccurate when it's not
their people / equipment that makes most of the errors.

Very true but what airline would be brave enough to upset a unionised
workforce.?

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EDINBURGH - It's a kinda magic!
Edinburgh Airport: Scotland's future
Grand Central airport,rail and road terminus.
Indisputably Scotland's top International Hub.

Joe Curry wrote:

what airline would be brave enough to upset a unionised orkforce.?

It would be sort of amusing to ionise them.

On 01 Jul 2009 09:08:08 GMT, pete wrote:
On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:23:05 +0100, Joe Curry wrote:
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk

Airlines mishandled 42 million items of passengers' luggage in a
single year, the latest figures show.

Full Story

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/tr...in-a-year.html

Although the article says:

"Airlines are responsible for checked-in baggage, ..."

Isn't the ground staff who move the bags around inside the airport and load/unload
it all from planes, employed by the airport - not the airline. So blaming the
airline (who admittedly have to compensate you) rather inaccurate when it's not
their people / equipment that makes most of the errors.

who, pray tell, employs the ground staff?

Joe Curry wrote:
On 01 Jul 2009 09:08:08 GMT, pete wrote:


Although the article says:

"Airlines are responsible for checked-in baggage, ..."

Isn't the ground staff who move the bags around inside the airport and load/unload
it all from planes, employed by the airport - not the airline. So blaming the
airline (who admittedly have to compensate you) rather inaccurate when it's not
their people / equipment that makes most of the errors.

Very true but what airline would be brave enough to upset a unionised
workforce.?

The same ones that want to make thousands of people redundant?


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John Wright

On Wed, 1 Jul 2009 15:04:15 +0100, (Steve Firth)
wrote:

Joe Curry wrote:

what airline would be brave enough to upset a unionised workforce.?

It would be sort of amusing to ionise them.

Careful..It's getting close to the main holiday period. :-(

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EDINBURGH - It's a kinda magic!
Edinburgh Airport: Scotland's future
Grand Central airport,rail and road terminus.
Indisputably Scotland's top International Hub.

On Jul 1, 3:51*pm, Joe Curry wrote:
On 01 Jul 2009 09:08:08 GMT, pete wrote:

Although the article says:
"Airlines are responsible for checked-in baggage, ..."
Isn't the ground staff who move the bags around inside the airport and load/unload
it all from planes, employed by the airport - not the airline. So blaming the
airline (who admittedly have to compensate you) rather inaccurate when it's not
their people / equipment that makes most of the errors.

Very true but what airline would be brave enough to upset a unionised
workforce.?

--
EDINBURGH - It's a kinda magic!
Edinburgh Airport: Scotland's future
Grand Central airport,rail and road terminus.
Indisputably Scotland's top International Hub.

that'll be BA....now that mgmt has ****ed up you had better work for
nothing

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On 01 Jul 2009 09:08:08 GMT, pete wrote:
On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:23:05 +0100, Joe Curry wrote:
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk

Airlines mishandled 42 million items of passengers' luggage in a
single year, the latest figures show.

Full Story

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/tr...in-a-year.html

Although the article says:

"Airlines are responsible for checked-in baggage, ..."

Isn't the ground staff who move the bags around inside the airport and
load/unload
it all from planes, employed by the airport - not the airline. So blaming
the
airline (who admittedly have to compensate you) rather inaccurate when
it's not
their people / equipment that makes most of the errors.

who, pray tell, employs the ground staff?

Usually a handling company, contracted to the airport owners.

Colin Bignell

On Jul 1, 9:23*am, Joe Curry wrote:
Source:http://www.telegraph.co.uk

Airlines mishandled 42 million items of passengers' luggage in a
single year, the latest figures show.

Was this at EDI Scotland International?