tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post8058701015926841841..comments2024-03-13T09:47:40.487+00:00Comments on Cockpit Conversation: TanstaaflAviatrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-69040363758893873092009-06-01T20:43:10.000+00:002009-06-01T20:43:10.000+00:00Mathfox - software by SCO, of course... :)
My tal...Mathfox - software by SCO, of course... :)<br /><br />My tale, many years ago. Going from SFO to Houston via Denver. Late connection; I was directed to a plane leaving *now*, and was told to *run*. Did so, was boarded, and proceeded to Houston.<br /><br />That's where I found out that there were *two* major airports in Houston. You can guess which one I was at...<br /><br />Spent most of the week's business trip in jeans and T's before my luggage made it to the hotel.kbqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00991038610362146409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-19943354341616768092009-06-01T09:26:38.225+00:002009-06-01T09:26:38.225+00:00Wow , you still got your hair green - Major Cool !...Wow , you still got your hair green - Major Cool !Daffydnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-13368317414334513852009-06-01T04:05:09.153+00:002009-06-01T04:05:09.153+00:00DW and I recently flew LAS-YYC-YQR on AC with carr...DW and I recently flew LAS-YYC-YQR on AC with carry-on luggage only. The morning after we arrived in YQR DW gets a call from the baggage folks at YQR and tell her that she forgot to pick her bag off the carousel after her flight arrived. She tells the guy she did not check a bag and he tells her that there is a bag there with an AC routing tag that has her name on it. They go back and forth a bit and then he tells DW that he was wondering about the bag as he pulled up her profile and noticed that she is one of AC's top-tier travellers and thus is an experienced traveller. From what we can tell, it is likely that the agent checking us in in LAS probably printed a tag for DW and then accidentally stuck it on the next person to check in's bag as DW had no bag to check. Odd indeed. I hope that you get your bag back pronto.Arfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-92117788006177375382009-05-31T23:14:05.160+00:002009-05-31T23:14:05.160+00:00Been there too!
In my case, I was traveling to En...Been there too!<br /><br />In my case, I was traveling to England to attend a wedding. At the gate before boarding, it was noted that the claim checks stapled inside the ticket cover had someone else's name and destination (Florida). We quicky brought this to the attention of the gate agent, who assured us all would be well.<br /><br />As you might guess, the suitcase eventually made it to London, four days late. The suits within the suitcase were not worn at the wedding, as the wedding had already passed. Instead, it was a rather ragtag group that attended the wedding. Ah well.<br /><br />In retrospect, I think the person going to Florida was checking in adjacent to us, and the ticket agent grabbed the wrong tags from where they were laying on the counter, and did not check.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-84474687020488686232009-05-31T22:22:17.565+00:002009-05-31T22:22:17.565+00:00Re: "How does your plane get to where you're going...Re: "How does your plane get to where you're going?"<br /><br />The telepathic capacities of her tiara allow her to summon it.<br /><br />See wiki/Invisible_Plane<br /><br />zoogualu(verificaton word)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-13714772484165179902009-05-31T22:15:14.480+00:002009-05-31T22:15:14.480+00:00Anonymous, I know that if something can go wrong, ...Anonymous, I know that if something can go wrong, it will go wrong. When things randomly go wrong and there is someone around to fix it, not much is lost. In many cases people have an incentive to make things go right (and airline luggage seems to be one of those cases)<br /><br />However, not every airport visitor is a honest traveller. Bag thieves and pickpockets are too often seen, smugglers show up now and then; terrorists are rare. If one of those dishonest visitors, let's concentrate on smugglers and bag thieves for now, knows about the bug in the baggage tag printer and tries to trick and unsuspecting traveller into mislabeling his/her bag.<br />For a bag thief it means that he can get a random bag to an airport of his choice, with a matching receipt on his ticket... At the cost of half a return fare. (make two labels at the kiosk, leave one.) Two smugglers working together might be able to check their loot under the name of the passenger who's standing between them in line.<br /><br />I am just analysing how this type of failure can be abused by people. (If you think I sound too much like Bruce Schneier... I've read a lot of his writings and this analysis is inspired by them.)<br />P.S. Publicising security holes seems to be the quickest way to get them fixed.MathFoxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-29922041793148511102009-05-31T18:20:52.338+00:002009-05-31T18:20:52.338+00:00How does your plane get to where you're going? If ...How does your plane get to where you're going? If you fly there as a pax, is your trusted steed already there ?Sir Lukenwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01544339905924593918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-46869154033922973882009-05-31T17:35:42.940+00:002009-05-31T17:35:42.940+00:00Mathfox: if something can go wrong, sooner or late...Mathfox: if something can go wrong, sooner or later it will. That's just the law of probability, it doesn't mean you can build a successful plot on the assumption that your bomb will be lost by the airline. <br />Can't you just hear those well-meaning feet running after you?<br />"Excuse me Sir..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-89884348301349307632009-05-31T13:46:55.414+00:002009-05-31T13:46:55.414+00:00I only know what the sticker on the back of my boa...I only know what the sticker on the back of my boarding pass said. The kiosk had just opened, and I think that I was the first person to be checked in there that morning. My working assumption is that the baggage label printer works a bit like the one that prints your receipt at the gas station, and that if the previous one wasn't removed, it's possible to get the sticker from the last person who checked in. For all I know there's a an off-by-one error for everyone who checked in there, right up until someone was smart enough to look at the destination tag on their bag.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-2639170590034582832009-05-31T11:22:04.276+00:002009-05-31T11:22:04.276+00:00As a computer programmer I have one question: How ...As a computer programmer I have one question: <B>How the hack is it possible to check in luggage in the name of someone else?</B>Would this be reproducible, abusable, framing someone else for stuff (explosives, drugs) in your luggage?MathFoxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-34752705064772130762009-05-31T04:22:26.435+00:002009-05-31T04:22:26.435+00:00I once worked for a company that shipped people's ...I once worked for a company that shipped people's private autos from Port Newark, NJ to locations all over the world. My job was to deliver cars to the clerks at the shipper's office, dockside. <br /><br />As shipping clerks (who are certainly higher up the labor ladder than piece work drivwers) will do, they mostly made us drivers fill out the forms and most importantly attach a sticker to the windshield with a three-letter destination code.<br /><br />The boss of the company was actually a rather vile person, but we suffered along pretty much in silence until one day the boss upset a friend of mine a little too much. <br /><br />The next morning at the port, my still seething friend collected about 20 outbound windshield stickers and affixed them to a like number of outbound cars ... all of them to the wrong location. He then resigned from the company that afternoon.<br /><br />You should have seen the boss's face when he found out how much he had to pay the shipping compamy for erroneously Germany-bound cars to Yokohama and vice-versa. Indeed revenge is a dish best served cold.<br /><br />Hope your bag fares better.Dave Starrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853160665847969116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-83030667346680431362009-05-31T02:50:44.350+00:002009-05-31T02:50:44.350+00:00Sounds like the airline is on the case of the miss...Sounds like the airline is on the case of the missing case -- I hope it turns up soon. It's not your fault, of course, nor can it fairly be the cost of lunch. Just one of those things that happens.<br /><br />I've only had my luggage lost once, ever. It showed up at my hotel the next morning. Coincidentally, and far worse, I discovered I had misplaced <I>myself</I> that morning when I called my coworkers for a car pickup. It turned out I had booked a flight to, flown to and slept in <I>Nashville</I> instead of <I>Knoxville</I> Tennessee. Was my face ever red. Oh well. It was a pleasant 2 hr drive in the rental car.<br /><br />And yes, I now double check my claim check tickets and itinerary.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09991660841701835065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-22447346203060813822009-05-31T02:16:33.006+00:002009-05-31T02:16:33.006+00:00I suppose that'll be one more item on the mental "...I suppose that'll be one more item on the mental "checkin checklist" - hope it'll turn up soonSir Lukenwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01544339905924593918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-58639042397353009112009-05-31T02:13:26.915+00:002009-05-31T02:13:26.915+00:00Hope your luggage turns up safely!Hope your luggage turns up safely!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com