I know in a perfect world, our lives are more sacred than our belongings. But we need to think a bit more critically about why the bag collection thin is still happening and what we can do. Just picture it, a plane evacuates on the runway after an engine fire. Pax escape on to the adjacent grass. They're picked up by a bus and taken to the terminal. The fire is put out. There is no damage inside the cabin. Everything is safe...
How are the bags and coats collected from the aircraft and reunited with their owners? When does it happen? How long after the incident? I guarantee even most of us aviation industry professionals don't know the logistics of such an undertaking. What would really help is if passengers were educated about how the bag reuinion might work, because most have this fear that their...
- Laptop
- Tablet
- Wallet
- Naked pics of girlfriend
...will either be:
- Stolen by some scumbag (let's face it, this even in a disaster is real)
- Be burned/destroyed
- Confiscated as part of some long investigation
A 10 second blurb on a video safety announcement (video screens, low cost should be forced to install them) might go some way to address.