Originally Posted by
dwmckee
While sitting on a commercial plane, I have seen way too many bags fall off of carts and ride off the end of a conveyor belt.
While waiting to change planes I watched a baggage handler with America West (remember them?) pick up my bike box by the straps, walk it a way with one side pressed against his waist and then toss it from waist level about 6' forward onto the ground. Fortunately, the bike was o.k.