Originally Posted by
AerialPerspective
- (6) The operator of a prescribed air service commits an offence if, before an aircraft (the departing aircraft) that is operating the prescribed air service departs, every item of checked baggage that is carried on board the departing aircraft is not matched to:
- (a) a passenger who is on board the departing aircraft; or
- (b) a passenger who was properly checked in for a flight of an aircraft that has departed; or
- (c) a passenger who does not re-board, or remain on board, the departing aircraft following diversion of the flight of the aircraft from its scheduled destination to an alternative destination in a circumstance specified in regulation 4.21A; or
(d) a passenger who is not on board the departing aircraft in the circumstances specified in regulation 4.21B.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
(7) The operator of a prescribed air service commits an offence if, before an aircraft that is operating the prescribed air service departs, every item of checked baggage that cannot be matched to a passenger in accordance with subregulation (6) is not removed from the aircraft.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
Incidentally, QF do AAA domestic and International, VA only do it Internationally (where they are required to). VA apparently use different systems for check in and weight and balance so there is no 'hard link' between the two whereas QF use ALTEA CM/FM which are hard linked and thus a pax cannot be checked in in CM without their bag showing in FM and know precisely where a bag is loaded including the ULD number if ULDs are used.