> On Mar 28, 2017, at 1:12 PM, Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > ... > > In today's electronic world, when you can see (close to) real-time tracking > of FedEx and UPS packages, - you'd be surprised that the airlines (at least > many of them) do not track the movement of luggage in real time. > I.e. they cannot see where the last scan was. > My understanding is that the only reason for the bar codes on the luggage > tags today is just for sorting. (Or, maybe they have some capability to > research those scans offline.) It looks like, unlike Fedex and UPS, they have > no financial incentives to introduce tracking. > (Cf. USPS has finally implemented real-time tracking of packages to compete > with Fedex and UPS, despite being reluctant if not defiant for many-many > years.) > > Igor >
On Delta, you can track your luggage on your iPhone if you have their app installed. Pretty much real time. Nice to see: “your bag is now being delivered on Carousel 2”… So yes, the technology definitely does support this feature. But then technology supports allowing passengers to go online and reserve specific seats, and [rant] yet some airlines don’t seem to be able to implement that feature. (Which is why I refuse to fly Southwest. [/rant])] stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
