As a retired airline worker ( I’ve worked at all three NYC airports ) I’ve seen the best become corrupted, theft of baggage has always been a problem with Travelers and easier with each passing year for the TSA and airlines and airline contractors. Those bags that you pay a fee for are the easiest because they are opened in area controlled only by the TSA. You can figure out the rest. More and more stupid people fly every year, people who shouldnt be boarding a bus get on planes with their bags locked and loaded…leave your stash at home.

stop hiriing thugs

It is not just JFK. Take a flight with international connection from LGA and it is all gone when you arrive.
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just a thought….

even before travel became not so joyful or adventurous an event, I would always carry valuables close to the vest (in carry-ons).

Who checks $160K of jewelry in luggage?

It’s amazing how much trouble you have to go through just to travel these days.

I’ve said it more than once or twice while standing in line waiting to remove my shoes,religious metals and my 9/11 memorial bracelets with the names of NYC Firefighters killed on that terrible day I should be checking you out not the other way around.nice job by KenMollins, Jerry O’Mara retired F.D.N.Y.

If all that luggage is stolen each day, law enforcement should be able to set-up a “sting” operation using profile luggage implanted with tracking devices and other detection equipment (ie) radio transmission, etc, etc, etc… Or hire Henry Hill (Goodfellows) as a consultant to shown authorities how the baggage is being ripped off.. LOL.

Or…all you have to do is not use expensive luggage. And why would you anyways?

I came back from Argentina loaded with expensive leather goods and a carton of cigarettes. The only thing that was stolen was the $11 carton of cigarettes.

Need I say more ? It has GHETTO CLOWNS written all over it.

I carry my cash with me through the metal detector while my eyes are GLUED to the xray machine and my bag. Try talking to me…doesn’t matter my eyes are GLUED to the Xray machine.

Ghetto Clowns thugging up on good citizens in the name of security.

Nonsense.

I put the blame firmly in the laps of the clowns working for TSA. Bags have locks for a reason and TSA should either inspect your bags in front of you (and then allow you to lock them) OR if they “inspect” out of your sight lock every bag that has a non-key lock (ie: Those with combination locks with they can just spin to change the settings on). While this will not deal with the bags that are stolen, it will prevent them from just being opened and looked though (since after TSA is done with them they are sent on to the thieves UNLOCKED).

Thank you for the warning.

I plan on visiting New York City later this year, and fortunately it’s just for a short vacation and I won’t even need expensive clothes. I’ll take as little as possible, and before going to the airport to return home I’ll arrange to have some of the items shipped.

We shouldn’t put much faith in promises to deter theft. We can consider ourselves fortunate if we can take precautions ahead of time to protect ourselves.

Union workers doing wha they do best.

Union workers?

Whats all the fuss? The main focus is on YOU the traveler. While they’re sizing you up and feeling around inside your pants, their best bud around the corner is stealing from your checked bag while all while some other fool is barking out ridiculous orders at you to stand still, move quickly, take off your shoes blah blah blah….

When is this going to end? We are not the criminals here. We are business travelers, vacationers, tourists, students who will never allow a plane to be taken the way it was again. I know we can’t go back to the ’70′s or even the ’80′s of air travel but this is something that TRULY was better back then. (Well, except for the smoking in the back of the cabin). but you went through security in a minute or two, got aboard the plane, the PLEASANT “stewardess” was much more congenial and a lot less of a royal pain, you had a nice meal with real silverware even in coach, and you flew, for the most part, in peace and quiet to your destination. If your bags didn’t arrive, they most likely really were lost or misrouted and items for the most part, were not stolen.

Ahhhh good time, good times……

Can’t control it, then shut it down.

Yes of course, don’t be so stupid as to put 160 K of stuff in your luggage. Why?! You should be able to put anything in your luggage without it being stolen! But of course you can’t. They steel anything that is not nailed to the floorboards. A very, very sad state of affairs. And nobody is doing anything about it. Are they the same people that check you out to see if you are a terrorist? Grim, sorry Crim.

And if the camera is bolted to the plane, that gets taken as well.

I can’t believe that the FBI or any other law enforcement agency is stupid enough to believe that just because someone passes a criminal background check that they are honest. There are plenty of crooks who are just smart enough to have never gotten caught.

I can not believe that the FBI believes that just because someone doesn’t have a criminal background, that they are honest. They obviously have been smart enough just not to have gotten caught.

That is not counting what some steal in the cargo areas.

Why would someone carry and check $160,000 worth of jewelry on a flight??
I am sure the baggage handlers are aided by the xrays of the luggage as part of “security”. There should be cameras behind the scenes at the airport to make travelers feel more secure as they travel. We are subject to ever intrusive security evaluation. It is the least we can expect of baggage handlers, TSA , etc.

To that woman who lost $100,000 worth of watches and jewelry: well, madam, if you’re stupid enough to put valuables in your checked bags, what do you expect? I never ever check anything but clothes and makeup, and I always make sure all my money, electronics and jewelry are still in my carryon, even, after TSA gets through with it…hey, they don’t trust me, why should I trust them?

I think it’s disgusting for the amount of money they charge you to fly and they can’t ensure your luggage will arrive in one peice, if at all!! I think the FBI should investigare this!

Great. I live in North Woodmere! I guess I should change my address on my luggage tag to “Valley Stream,” which is my Zip code.

Cameras in the planes? They’d steal them too.