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the airport's game of telephone, played with your underwear and a conveyor belt.
means the system of loading, sorting, transferring, and returning checked luggage between planes and passengers.
from formalized with the rise of commercial aviation in the mid-20th century, when airports needed a way to move thousands of bags between flights faster than passengers could complain.
lost bag rateabout 6 per 1000 passengers worldwide
biggest culprittight layovers, not clumsy handlers
tracking techrfid tags now beat barcode stickers
busiest sortershub airports move millions of bags daily