Ella,
you are right, you have to go for the slot. The truth is that we are all carrying the blame for the Airports second rate baggage system. Hundred's of bags missed the other day due to some technical hitch. Trouble is these hitches happen every day.
The airports new baggage shed lies idol. Because nobody has got any faith in it. No doubt the airports propaganda machine will be driven out to paper over the cracks.
Still bank holiday is just around the corner, Who Knows it may be working by then. I think not...