I've been watching this thread and I'm really tired of Mr. Rigby's
unsubstantiated accusations of theft by TSA employees. The article says
that 69% of the laptops are not reclaimed it does NOT say they were not
recovered.
I work for TSA and most of the people I work with are HONEST people
interested in ensuring the flying public can safely get from point A to
point B. Some are young people just entering the workforce, some are
retirees supplementing their income, and some of them are jerks.
However, theft is not tolerated. I have seen officers terminated for
failing to turn in the change people leave in the plastic bowls. So,
please stop spouting random garbage about TSA stealing thousands of laptops.
If you are interesting in the real world of lost laptops at airport
security here it is:
When a computer is left at a security checkpoint, a page announcing the
lost computer is sent out if the checkpoint has access to a paging
system. Otherwise, the computer is held at the security checkpoint
until the end of the shift and then turned over to the local TSA
operations center. The operations center logs the laptop serial number
and turns it over to airport lost and found. Most airports maintain
their lost and found inventory for a specific period of time then
auction off the items. Check local auctions to find out when they
auction off lost and found items and you can probably get your hands on
a decent laptop at a very good price.
Having read the article I do believe that 10,000 laptops are left at
airports every month. On any given day 5+ laptops are left at my
airport and my airport probably isn't in the 36 busiest category. Most
of these laptops are left by travelers rushing to catch a flight.
Howard
Steve Rigby wrote:
On Jul 8, 2008, at 10:47 AM, Tony B wrote:
> Whadda ya mean, much more likely? Who is to say that it is not TSA
people who are the culprits, or involved in some way. The study showed
that most of the "disappearances" appear to occur at the TSA security
checkpoints.
Steve
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