If you've had anything stolen from your bags at LAX

[LisaH 0]

You can get it back.
http://cbs2.com/goldstein/Stolen.Items.LAX.2.869159.html

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[fireballgrl 0]

I always carry my laptop on board and I am not traveling with Louis Vuitton bags so this might explain why I have never been a victim at that airport

However it does make sense that LAX would have such a crime ring...

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You can get it back.
http://cbs2.com/goldstein/Stolen.Items.LAX.2.869159.html

A while back, 60 Minutes did an "expose" on theft by baggage handlers at Miami International.

Apparently, the theft was so well hidden (sarcasm alert) that 60 Minutes had to sit in the employee parking lot and wait for one shift change.

Baggage handlers were carrying garbage bags full of stolen goods to the parking lot. The only mitigating circumstance was the amount that they could carry.

They fire whoever is on film and then it is back to business as usual.

So, think for a minute... if TSA security is so wonderful, how can anything be stolen?

My main thought is this - they are checking passengers for explosives...

If it is so easy to ransack luggage and take stuff out, then how easy is it to put stuff in? Like explosives?

"TSA... keeping the world safe from hair products"

[LisaH 0]

I don't trust any airport. Before I close my bag, I take a picture of the contents and I have a piece of paper with my name, the date, flight number and list of contents sitting right on top. It stays there.

Yea, I'm a freak about it.

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[stitch 0]

Everybody should start putting cow patties in their luggage.

"No cookies for you"- GFD
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[RALFFERS 0]

Whenever I travel anywhere I just pack all I need in a large carry-on. All that means is I have to laundry more often if I'm staying long; a minor inconvenience in comparison to having your stuff stolen.

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[happythoughts 0]

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Everybody should start putting cow patties in their luggage.

Start?

How do you think I get them there on time ?

[Squeak 17]

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Whenever I travel anywhere I just pack all I need in a large carry-on. All that means is I have to laundry more often if I'm staying long; a minor inconvenience in comparison to having your stuff stolen.

that's a little more difficult to do when you travel with Skydiving and camera gear

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[nessvegas 0]

Do you check your rig?

PS I did not get robbed when I landed at LAX Sunday but the cab ride to Orange from LAX was Hwy Robbery @ $130.00. Small town boy should learn the right airports to fly into......... :-(

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My main thought is this - they are checking passengers for explosives...

They're checking passengers for drugs, getting people and the courts used to warrant-less searches in public areas, and giving people an illusion of security.

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If it is so easy to ransack luggage and take stuff out, then how easy is it to put stuff in? Like explosives?

Hostile operatives would never demean themselves by getting low-paying airport jobs where that was possible.

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Do you check your rig?
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Sometimes yes sometimes no.
Next month when i fly into the USofA the Rig will be checked, as i am traveling for an extended time period, so i will have a backpack, rig bag and carry on luggage.

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
My Life ROCKS!
How's yours doing?