Funny, this comes on my last day working as a programmer in luggage handling for an airline.
There are a lot of initiatives to help control lost luggage already in place, many of them in a 'pilot' phase, just not announced to the public. In the future, you will see RFID in use at most airports, as well as heavy use of robotics to help get those bags on a flight.
The company I work for (for the next 6 hours) actually does not feel 1 in 200 bags is acceptable. I can smell crap a mile away, but there is a lot of work being done to avert this; most difficulty is due to airlines still relying on legacy mainframe systems.
I think within the next several years, lost luggage will be even more rare than it is now. At least for the major airlines that can afford it.
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PhilJ @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM
Funny, this comes on my last day working as a programmer in luggage handling for an airline.
There are a lot of initiatives to help control lost luggage already in place, many of them in a 'pilot' phase, just not announced to the public. In the future, you will see RFID in use at most airports, as well as heavy use of robotics to help get those bags on a flight.
The company I work for (for the next 6 hours) actually does not feel 1 in 200 bags is acceptable. I can smell crap a mile away, but there is a lot of work being done to avert this; most difficulty is due to airlines still relying on legacy mainframe systems.
I think within the next several years, lost luggage will be even more rare than it is now. At least for the major airlines that can afford it.