I once worked for a company which had distribution facilities in New Jersey. The ongoing volume of theft was just incredible. Every other truckload to my recollection.
You know the answer. “Look for, the Union Label....”
The degree of leadership incompetence required to let this happen is absolutely staggering. You all would read about me in the paper if I saw a TSA thug steal something from my baggage.
TSA stands for “Thieves’ Security Association.” It’s yet another example of government helping itself to billions of our hard-earned tax dollars to make life better for government employees and worse for ordinary American citizens.
Now I know why I’ve been advised to have only a carry-on and my purse/backpack when I fly in June.
My BIL is an airline pilot. He says that this goes on constantly. He also thinks that all it would take to stop this is to install cameras where the handlers have access to the luggage.
Too bad you can’t put exploding dye packs in fake jewelry boxes in the luggage. I’d like to see red dayglo TSA and airline luggage handling employees.
THe TSA employees are only stealing in proportion to their proportion of the airport staffing.
This has been ongoing for oh, 60+ years.
Nothing new, it always gets worse during economic recessions.
THe TSA employees are only stealing in proportion to their proportion of the airport staffing.
This has been ongoing for oh, 60+ years.
Nothing new, it always gets worse during economic recessions.
Sorry, but this has been going on at JFK for decades -- long before TSA. The Mafia has always owned the unions there and the Mafia will steal anything they feel like stealing. I recall warning people not to check valuables when going through there and they didn't listen, and lost their stuff.
And I thought Rome Airport was bad...
They are stealing for the Trayvon fund scholarship fund and to pay the Zimmerman bounty!
I travel frequently - my recommendation is NEVER pack anything that has value to someone else. Camera, laptops, cell phone, watches, jewelry, whatever ... They are typically small and will easily fit into a normal carry-on bag.
I only pack things that have little or no value to anyone else. Clean, but used socks, underwear, shirts, pants and toiletry items aren’t going to be stolen. That’s the stuff that gets sent through TSA - and practically NEVER gets touched.
As for a gun, perhaps I’m a cheapskate; but a gun packed in accordandance to airline regulations is automatically insured for around ~$1,250. So, if they want to steal my $500 rifle, they would be doing me a favor because I will claim the full amount in loss. I’ll be glad to sell every weapon I have for ~$1,250 each.
How are they defending America while stealing?
I’ve been three times around the world. Never travel with anything you can’t afford to loose. If the baggage handlers/TSA types don’t get it, the hotel staff will. One place was so bad, everytime I put something down, it sprouted legs and walked away.
I grew up near Kennedy Airport. I remember in high school waiting at a bus stop, as one woman in line in front of me bragged to her friend about how much stuff her union husband was stealing from Panam. It was an open scandal, Panam union goons would steal repair items and resell them on the black market. No one would do anything about it.
America is a third world country.
When we are forced to fly, I always pack our scrungiest clothes in cheap suitcases (they’re comfortable, well-worn & entirely replaceable at any Goodwill store.
If we need something nice to wear at our destination, we go shopping there.
And anything expensive purchased on a trip is shipped home via FedEx.
I always get a chuckle at the thought of TSA theives hopefully rummaging through our bags full of ripped, dirty underwear.
Your stuff is part of their benefit package. Just consider it a tax.