Dublin Airport Baggage Handlers Rob From Your Luggage

Kipperhell · 26-10-2009 10:28AM

ddoyle4 wrote: »

Just recently flew with Ryanair and got many items in my bag stolen....grrrr:mad:...including perfume which i could not carry on....
looking for someway to contact them apart from the fax number..anyone??
thanks

Baggage handlers aren't hired by the airline they work for the airport so it has no bearing on which airline you use it is the airport.

kaimera · 26-10-2009 10:34AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wCwmYQRTrg

locks aren't worth ****.

+1 on not putting valuables in checked bags.

ddoyle4 · 27-10-2009 10:31AM

does anyone know the best way to report stolen items from check-in luggage with Ryanair?

Dragan · 27-10-2009 10:43AM

Ruu wrote: »

Apologies, I must have missed it when people from Dublin became their own race.

Dublin-centric, remember?

ddoyle4 · 27-10-2009 10:50AM

I rang the airport security. They said its the responsibilty of Ryanair, once you hand them your luggage.

I will never put valuables in check in baggage again...but still stuck on perfumes though...as they cant be brought through for carry on

It wasn't me! · 27-10-2009 10:53AM

They've got a work ethic, got to give that to them. Friend of mine was travelling to Finland on a training camp and the case his rifle was in had an angle grinder taken to it. Another friend was flying to England with a rifle and saw them throwing them into the hold of the plane (the cases were marked with Fragile and Firearm stickers - the guns cost a few grand) and when he shouted at them they grinned, took a step or two back and threw it harder. Needless to say, they drive anywhere they can get to now.

m@cc@ · 27-10-2009 10:54AM

deluckyirish wrote: »

ehhh.......there not all dubs u racist

Are you implying that Dubs are a different race from the rest of Ireland? You racist!

Snowie · 27-10-2009 11:31AM

Overheal wrote: »

Get luggage locks.

you can pic them with a peaper clip.

better of useing a cable tie i beleave thats a zip tie in american

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27-10-2009 11:42AM

Daroxtar wrote: »

The rotten cunts are still at it. My missus had her MP3 and some jewellery stolen last week.

Who puts an MP3 and jewellery into a checked bag? Surely that's asking for trouble. Even if the baggage handlers were honest, checked bags still go missing, sometimes get taken by the wrong person, etc. Why wouldn't you put valuables in your hand luggage? (unless they're liquids like perfume or really sharp)

Manic Moran · 27-10-2009 11:58AM

Overheal wrote: »

Well TSA will. You can get TSA locks that they wont cut. At that point if something goes missing from your luggage, you know where to send the Bill.

Aha.. There are ways to have bags locked that even TSA can't open them.

This 40-minute presentation was taken at a security conference to answer the question of how to travel with thousands of dollars worth of electronics, and guarantee that the bag won't be rifled through by TSA or Baggage Handlers, or anyone else.

It was filmed in the US, but as the man says, you'd be surprised as to how many countries around the world this concept works with, depending on what you chuck into the bag.

They've got a work ethic, got to give that to them. Friend of mine was travelling to Finland on a training camp and the case his rifle was in had an angle grinder taken to it. Another friend was flying to England with a rifle and saw them throwing them into the hold of the plane (the cases were marked with Fragile and Firearm stickers - the guns cost a few grand)

Bad move. Rule #1 when flying with firearms, use a solid case which doesn't say "I'm a firearm" on or about it unless the law specifically mandates that you must place such a sticker on it. In the US, the law specifically mandates that you must not put anything on the case that says "Gun"

NTM

gaz wac · 27-10-2009 12:12PM

TBH this has been going on for years !! A bloke I knew in college ( 10 years ago now) who worked for that company , said that this happens every single day! He used to sell the gear that he robed, to people in college and made himself a small fortune. He said they also treated the cases like sh*it and would throw them all over the place so they would burst open and then they would all take the contents home, passagner would be told that is bag was " lost in transit" !! :mad:

manutd · 27-10-2009 12:17PM

Have a look at this video. It's not Dublin Airport but sure it happens there for sure. Argee?

Agricola · 27-10-2009 12:20PM

I just put all valuable items like camera, phones, mp3's, sat nav etc in the carry on luggage. Leave nothing in the checked baggage only clothes. Sorted.

Novella · 27-10-2009 12:24PM

No one's robbed from my luggage but when I arrived home from Florida and opened my suitcase, a lizard hopped out! I definitely didn't put him in there so now I'm blaming Dublin airport! :pac:

homerjay2005 · 27-10-2009 12:35PM

dublin airport is far from the worst about. try travelling to india or africa where they really do go through your luggage. in all fairness, anybody that puts anything valuable into check luggage is asking for trouble.

LD 50 · 27-10-2009 12:55PM

Know this for ages. How is this news.

It was on Jerry Ryan a couple of months ago.

It wasn't me! · 27-10-2009 02:00PM

Manic Moran wrote: »

Bad move. Rule #1 when flying with firearms, use a solid case which doesn't say "I'm a firearm" on or about it unless the law specifically mandates that you must place such a sticker on it. In the US, the law specifically mandates that you must not put anything on the case that says "Gun"

NTM

I know, bloody terrible idea, but the airport goes into a massive flap and smacks big orange stickers on any cases when you try fly with firearms. Has led to some rather hilarious, if damn near unbelievable, things happening however, particularly in Heathrow. I'm going to be investing in a Peli case for flying with firearms. Even the best/worst of baggage handlers will have their work cut out for them with that.

Ross_Mahon · 27-10-2009 02:06PM

From now on, I'm going to put a Black Mamba in my case for when they open it

doc_1982 · 07-11-2009 11:43PM

Happened to me today flying with continental Dublin to Newark. Both mine and my gf's bags were gone through, our wash bags had been opened and emptied into our cases, and my Armani aftershave was stolen. Not very hopeful for any compensation.

netwhizkid · 08-11-2009 12:02AM

[quote=[Deleted User];62700218]I've noticed several times that the zips on my suitcase were not how I zipped them, but nothing was missing. Obviously didn't have anything worth taking, dunno how they couldn't have expected that, since my suitcase is about 10 years old, has one wheel and the handle is broken off.[/QUOTE]

This happened to me in Dublin two weeks ago after coming from Prague and I spotted a piece of a plastic bag sticking through the zip and got a sinking feeling remembering this thread. I opened my bag and checked it but thankfully nothing was stolen. I had 200 cigs at the bottom under lots of clothes and was sure they were stolen when I saw that my bag was interfered with.

Thankfully nothing was stolen but they definitely opened my bag and poked about but the most I would have in my checked is a few miscellaneous chargers, wash bag and clothes. I always carry everything valuable in my carryon but left the Cigarettes in there to make room in my carryon to buy more at the dutyfree! The guys that are doing this should be jailed for a minimum of then years, utter scum every one of them.

caseyann · 08-11-2009 12:33AM

Ruu wrote: »

Typical Dubs, time to move the airport out of our nations capital.

Just because Dublin airport doesn't mean they are from Dublin :rolleyes::mad: Loads of people all nationalities and from all parts of Ireland.

TheCardHolder · 08-11-2009 01:00AM

This is such a rash generalisation. My father worked in that section for 15 years and I have never met a more honest man.

redout · 08-11-2009 03:22AM

Baggage belt 1 - there is a double door beside it that brings you straight into were they throw the bags on. Some right dodgy looking folk on the other side of them doors. Just watch it and you will see.

The_Kew_Tour · 08-11-2009 04:32AM

Yes went to States twice and on both times me and my friends bags were opened and this was with us having a lock on them.

Lucky nothing taken.

Overheal · 08-11-2009 04:49AM

Manic Moran wrote: »

Aha.. There are ways to have bags locked that even TSA can't open them.

This 40-minute presentation was taken at a security conference to answer the question of how to travel with thousands of dollars worth of electronics, and guarantee that the bag won't be rifled through by TSA or Baggage Handlers, or anyone else.

It was filmed in the US, but as the man says, you'd be surprised as to how many countries around the world this concept works with, depending on what you chuck into the bag.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGjddG5Owsc

FYP

That so does not work for our Irish bretheren, but what an excellent tip

edit: Or maybe it does ---> Jump to 15:50

An audience member also talks about Dublin specifically @ 25:30

Collie D · 08-11-2009 12:26PM

Novella wrote: »

No one's robbed from my luggage but when I arrived home from Florida and opened my suitcase, a lizard hopped out! I definitely didn't put him in there so now I'm blaming Dublin airport! :pac:

Haha, that is brilliant. Please tell me that really happened. What happened to the lizard?

Dublin Airport Baggage Handlers Rob From Your Luggage

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