Apparently you did not read all of my post......
So let me be a little more clear so that you unterstand......
TSA x-rays the bags (they check all of them PERIOD)... they see the knives and see something else that does not look right so they open the bags up..... the find the knives but don't put them back were they found them because they don't have the time and just throw it in.
When the bags are waiting to go on the plane or the next one the bag guys (rampers) end up going through them and take them.
Or the knives are never removed but the rampers find them..
Like I said, the rampers that steal I am sure know all the hiding places. Do people that break into cars not know all the places people hide stuff?
P.S. Bagage people make LESS then TSA..... so that argument is pointless.
TSA starts around 11 and goes up to 16 or so....... Bagage starts around 10 and does not go up much..... have heard or some making 8.
Yep, know who to talk to and you would be suprised what the airlines will replace.... or at least pay you for.
Tactical Dave, are you telling me that TSA gives the bag handlers and rampers keys to open the TSA approved locks? Both bags were locked with TSA approved locks, both on delivery to the airlines and when we received them back. I assume this means only TSA approved people have access to the keys that open them. Therefore, only a TSA agent could have opened the bags, removed the items and them re-locked the bags.
If TSA is giving access to the bags to the baggage handlers, then you may have a point. But my understanding is that only the TSA agents are supposed to have access to the keys to open the bags. Therefore, only TSA agents could have seen the items in the x-ray, opened the bags to find the items without damaging the bags, and then re-locked the bags.
Had to be the TSA agents. At the very least, the agents with the keys had to have opened the bags for them or shared the knowledge of how to open the locks. Either way, TSA is responsible.