Originally Posted by
G-CPTN
It worked so well - maybe airlines could lease out cases that could then be 'thrown' into a cargo hold without risking damage (or theft) of the contents?
I'd suggest it worked well only because your consignment was under the jurisdiction of the courier for the entire journey from door to door.
If there's one thing I can think of that would be worse than being forced to put my laptop in my hold baggage, it would be packaging it separately and clearly indicating on the outside of the package what the contents are - my expectation of ever seeing it again after a flight would be close to zero.