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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Where Your Bag Goes at Sea-Tac Airport

Posted by Dominic Holden on Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 12:22 PM

Wearing its strong suit, the Seattle Times has a neat video following your luggage after it disappears on the conveyor belt:

This is some genuinely nifty, Mister Rogers shit right here. It's great to see Fairview Fanny doing the sort of stuff she does best.

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@11

I'd be pissed, too. Those planes are expensive! ;-)

Posted by CPN on February 21, 2013 at 11:59 AM

@8: On behalf of frequent flyers everywhere, thanks so much, you douche.

You and your "If I can physically carry it, than it's carry-on" ilk bringing goddamned giant backpacks and roller bags and shopping bags and whatever the fuck else onto the plane, then making the stink-eye at me because my windbreaker and small briefcase prevent you from jamming it into the overhead compartment, and then toting it up and down the aisle at shoulder height looking for a gap to squeeze it into and almost taking my fucking head off with it, are a large part of what makes modern flying so goddamned enjoyable.

Pro tip: If you can't allow fifteen fucking minutes to wait for your checked bag to come out the carousel, you don't have time to travel. STAY HOME. If you can't afford fifty bucks to check a bag, you don't have enough money to travel. STAY HOME.

Posted by Backyard Bombardier on February 21, 2013 at 11:23 AM

"This is some genuinely nifty, Mister Rogers shit right here."

Almost. Mr. Rodger's respected our intelligence enough that he'd have given us some Johnny Costa accompaniment and let the footage tell the story.

Posted by ST's Editoral Board Land Of Make Believe Less Believable on February 21, 2013 at 9:50 AM

Wait, even the first class luggage is put in a different section than coach? Wouldn't want your luggage to mix with the riff-raff and end up smelling poor.

Posted by Matt the Engineer on February 20, 2013 at 10:11 PM

I counted exactly one bag in that video that the luggage gorillas didn't dump unceremoniously on its soft side with zero fucks given for the possible fragility of the items inside. One.

Maybe I'm a bit overly sensitive to the issue after the whole family watched one of the Alaska goons bang my father-in-law's very expensive specialized fishing pole against the fuselage of the plane.

Posted by Knat on February 20, 2013 at 3:55 PM

Looks like the Times couldn't handle the increased traffic of the Slog readers or they didn't want us there, because the video link is down now.

Posted by K X One on February 20, 2013 at 2:28 PM

Of course the Seattle Times would use a car rather than Link... :3

@6 I have to assume it's Alaska, since it's a hub/the big one for SEA. Don't know that for sure, though.

Posted by Cow on February 20, 2013 at 2:27 PM

I'm pretty sure my backpack just goes on the plane, in the overhead luggage compartment.

Even when I travel to Europe for a couple of weeks.

Seriously, who has checked luggage nowadays?

Posted by Will in Seattle

on February 20, 2013 at 2:24 PM

Not sure which is worse: a name like Arland Fagerstrom, or looking like Dick Cheney.

Also, that bag was smaller than the ones most people bring to the gate and then get checked for free. Doesn't the Times know that scam?

Posted by Sir Vic on February 20, 2013 at 2:22 PM