More Baggage Handlers caught Stealing

2009 April 03 post from high

PHL Airport Baggage Worker Charged with Theft from Luggage

A baggage handler supervisor for American Airlines has been arrested on charges of pilfering expensive items from travelers' luggage at Philadelphia International Airport.

Christopher Shaw, 37, of Reading, Pa., is a 20-year veteran of American Airlines.  Police say Shaw stole several items of brand-new clothing from a passenger's luggage, then tried to return them for cash at a Nordstrom department store in King of Prussia.

He is charged with two counts of theft.

These folks should be charged with domestic terrorism. They're making our airlines UNSAFE. There's no reason it should be risky to check baggage...it's supposed to be secure end-to-end. And if this guy can take stuff from the luggage, he can also add stuff. Surely, he'll meet Islamic missionaries in prison who will be looking for people to do their dirty work.

 

Comments

at 9:06 a.m. on April 3, 2009, swirsky says...
The most dangerous people at the airport are the baggage handlers, followed closely by the TSA.
 
 
at 11:44 a.m. on April 3, 2009, voodoo says...
Case in point: If this thug puts a bomb in your baggage...YOU are probably going to jail. People like this are trusted by default in the process because they have badges and work for an airline. The TSA or no one is checking on these guys.

Add to that, 75% of all cargo packages aren't scanned going onto commercial planes, only travelers luggage.
 
 
at 8:07 p.m. on April 3, 2009, AGMycroft says...
Apparently there are organized theft rings at many major airports. I never had anything stolen at Philadelphia, but I'm never checking bags in Las Vegas again.
 
 

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