Wow, things really went well for the airlines this summer. They reported record delays and cancellations, the government is toying with the idea of stepping up oversight, and they managed to screw up a million pieces of luggage in about 90 days.
That’s right, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), 1 million pieces of luggage were either lost, delayed, damaged, or stolen between May and July. Now, I’m no mathematician, but luckily the folks at Traveler are:
“…these statistics mean that almost 8 in every 1,000 passengers had problems with their luggage whenever they flew.”
Whether you break it down or just leave it at 1,000,000 bags delayed, damaged, or stolen, it sounds pretty bad. Hopefully, autumn will see a major turnaround for the air travel industry on all fronts. If not, at least there will be pretty leaves to look at.
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