Posted on 02/17/2006 9:42:28 PM PST by FreeKeys
It's probably happened to all of us at some point. Getting off the plane, heading to baggage claim, waiting and waiting and waiting for your luggage to come around. Eventually you realize your luggage just isn't coming.
On Friday, the government released the latest lost luggage statistics. The report found that in 2005, every single day there were 10,000 reports of lost baggage. The worst offender is Atlantic Southeast Airlines, which operates Delta Connection. They lost 17.4 bags for every 1000.
Among the major carriers, US Airways, which also operates America West, didn't do well either. It lost 9.62 bags for every 1,000 customers. US Airways also had the highest rate of customer complaints filed last year with the Department of Transportation.
Still not as bad as Eastern Airlines was.
As long as Horizon doesn't lose my luggage into Sun Valley Sunday I'll be happy.
jealousy...
Remember all those tiny objects comprising the Rings of Saturn? Lost luggage according to astronomers. :^)
My wife recently flew on Atlantic Southeast on a 1 hr flight. Her suitcases were half-open when they appeared on the pick-up belt and the locks were gone.
Nothing was missing, but obviously we're gonna avoid them in the future.
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