Originally Posted by A2QFI
As an aside - when a call is made asking 2 named passengers to rush to Gate?? where their flight is closing and their luggage will be offloaded if they don't get there, how long would it take to identify and off load 2 items of hold luggage?
Time to identify? Instantaneous
Time to offload? Depends on where the bag is
The baggage reconciliation applications currently in use identify the passenger who's checked in luggage but hasn't boarded, the container in which the bag is loaded and (pretty roughly) the location within the container.
Sod's Law states that the bag will be at the back of the most inaccesible container....