Misc. Article

I usually save my rants for another of my websites, but I have reached the limits of my understanding and patience with the airline industry.  What is wrong?

We just returned from Turks & Caicos, and for the third trip in a row our luggage has been lost.  Our luggage was lost on our trip to Fiji in April, and also lost on our trip to Roatan, Honduras last October.

The reports from the US Department of Transportation's - Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) claim that the incidence of delayed or lost luggage is about 8 incidents for every 1,000 passengers.  So you basically have just under a 1% chance of having lost luggage (BTS Press Release).

Ok, so we were a part of that 1% three times in a row!  Wow!  Can you imagine the possibility?  I am not the greatest at math but I believe that combined probability is roughly P(A) x P(B) x P(C) - or basically 1 in 1,000,000!  Look at those odds!  Some people would say I should buy a lottery ticket - but I'm thinking maybe I should be wearing a helmet around my house 24/7 so I don't get hit by an asteriod!  In all actuality, I have more then a 10 times greater chance of being struck dead by a bolt of lightning (1 in 83,930: LiveScience).

This is getting out of control.

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 UPDATE: 10-21-07, 8:30pm - Delivery man from DELTA just showed up.  He had the wrong bag.  Not the even same color or size of my bag.  In fact, THE BAG HAD A TAG WITH THE REAL OWNERS NAME AND ADDRESS RIGHT ON IT!  Wonder if they ever thought of calling or delivering to the guy listed as the owner on the tag that is HANGING THE BAG??  Would that be just too obvious?

Losing Faith.  And now this article has officially qualified to be posted on my rant-site which is almost entirely dedicated to stupid people:  Type A Personality

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 UPDATE: 10-22-07, 8:00am.
Woke up this morning and our bag was on the front doorstep.  Inside is the standard TSA notice that my bag had been searched.  Nice!  3 times baggage lost, all 3 times had a TSA love letter inside.  I just want to thank the TSA for making the country a safer place by making sure that my LUGGAGE NEVER ARRIVES on time.