Duh.
Criminals now are the preferred employees
for the feds; especially those linked to Islamic
terrorism.
This could be curtailed somewhat if the Airlines themselves hired the security people instead of the total failure US Gummint. TSA=Thousands Standing Around!
This is old news. They also have to have a partner aiding them.. Recently they arrested a screener who was selling the stuff on ebay.
Oh, besides we have the most corrupt government in our history, this means the lot.
My experience is that ANYTHING in checked luggage of any perceived value is fair game to be stolen. It’s no more complicated than that. And if you complain to the supervisor (which of course occurs only AFTER you’ve returned home and found stuff missing) you’ll be politely laughed at as they claim they take theft from baggage very seriously.
You have absolutely zero recourse in this situation. Maybe you have a receipt. Maybe you just flew in from some distant venue and you have the receipt showing you bought your item there. But you have no way of proving that the receipted item or items were ever in your bags. There’s nowhere to go in these situations, the supervisors will take no action. You put stuff in checked baggage, if it has any value, it will be stolen. It’s a certainty.
Thanks to George Bush for creating the worst Fed.gov super-agency yet.
The only positive is that Americans (and especially conservatives, the only true “activists” remaining) are so highly skeptical of government that I am not sure it could be done again.
This progressive love for top-down, central-planning agencies started one hundred years ago, and reached its peak with LBJ, Nixon and Carter. Roman Emperors used to build arches or coliseums in their own honor - now It seems to be a goal of empire-building Presidents as a who of strength and to create a legacy by having some bigger-and-better, super-expensive and wasteful super-agency created under their watch.
TSA also hired a Somali war-criminal to work at Dulles International.
Old W just keeps on giving. From the very beginning they hired screeners who weren’t screened. The first one I every spoke with had been a hairdresser a month earlier.
Nobody robs banks anymore.
The thieves all get government jobs.
Reason #3 why I don’t/haven’t flown commercial since TWA 800 in July 1996. If I can’t drive there, I ain’t going.
I was flying back from a Colorado vacation with a brand new large rolling suitcase a few years ago. When I collected my luggage, I saw stuff falling out of it. The suitcase had been opened with such violence that the fabric tape for the zipper had separated from the suitcase fabric. The suitcase had not been locked, as you’re not allowed to lock them these days. It had obviously been rifled through, looking for valuables. Haha you thieving scum, I keep the really good stuff on my person or in my carry-on bag. The TSA is a bunch of useless, pretty darn stupid and ineffective thieves. Israel’s security is a thousand times better and they don’t employ knuckle walking imbeciles to carry it out either.
I used to fly a lot before I retired. I learned very quickly after TSA became entrenched that the smart move is to travel with only a small carry on. I mean nothing more than what you need on the flight plus a toothbrush and change of skivvies just in case. Just a briefcase or small backpack. I colder months I can even get away with just a book and my coat with emergency overnight essentials in the pockets.
Send everything else ahead to the hotel or where ever you will be staying via UPS, FedX or USPS.
Avoid the hassle of baggage claim, lost luggage and trying to find room in the overhead bin for an over sized carry on.
Get off the plane and head straight to the rental car or taxi kiosk. Your stuff will be waiting for you at the hotel. For the return trip, pack and drop off your stuff at the hotel business center or front desk for shipping back home.
People who try to lug all their worldly possessions through the airport are just making things harder on themselves and everyone else.
I just flew Laguardia to Tampa and one of the TSA agents at LGA was wearing a burka scarf...
There’s an obvious reason obama ruled that federal applicants can’t be asked to “check the box” asking if they have criminal convictions. But don’t be concerned; it’s all being done in the noble quest to redistribute income to those most in need.
Right?
I know it costs extra, but consider shipping anything you wouldn’t want to lose by UPS or FedEx. UPS even sells cardboard shippable suit cases.
They stole an expensive first generation kindle I bought my dad from his luggage on the way home from a family Christmas celebration. I pack nothing of value. If I can’t carry it on board I ship it ahead of time. They are theiving scum who are never held to account.
I’m awfully sorry for your loss, but do not pack anything of perceived value (including medicines) in suitcases where the TSA thieves can surreptitiously rifle through your things. If you can’t bring them in carry on, use FedEx or UPS to ship them to your destination.
Sad but true.