Sydney Airport to Instate RFID Baggage Tags

AcidAUS writes "Australia's Sydney Airport is investigating high-tech tagging methods for baggage handling, which could greatly reduce the number of bags that go missing each year. Industry experts say that baggage mishandling costs the industry globally $US1.7 billion each year, and that much of this cost is due to failures in the barcode-based tagging system."

Re:KLM already does at Amsterdam (Schiphol)

[linuxci]

KLM also has supposedly the worst record of losing luggage in Europe that's why they introduced RFID in order to improve this (one of the reasons they had such a bad record was that they have a lot more people transferring through Amsterdam rather than using it as a start or end point). However, despite that, I've flown KLM on average twice a month for the past two years and my luggage always arrives. I've even tried short connections and awkward routings and my luggage has still arrived fine. I feel ripped off, my Amex card has excellent luggage loss protection (£750 if gone missing for at least 6 hours plus a further £1000 is it's lost [americanexpress.com]) - my luggage goes missing and I have loads to spend on new clothes. Damn you KLM, you're supposed to be the worst in Europe for baggage handling but not once do you lose my luggage, not a nice way to reward my frequent travelling :(

Re:Greasing the public before placement in the ove

[Threni]

> Better put on your RFID enabled tinfoil hat, then.

Yeah, doesn't anyone care about the right of baggage not to be monitored all the time, and treated like a criminal. It's important. First they monitor baggage, and then they'll put tattoos on your head and kill you.

I wouldn't mind..

[OneSmartFellow]

having to wear an RFID necklace or bracelet once inside an airport if it mean that I never had to hear this announcement for my flight again:

Paging Mr. and Mrs. Idiot who are still shopping or sitting at a bar, your flight is now fully boarded with the exception of you. You are holding up the plane, and we are about to have to remove your luggage. This will cause considerable delay to the other passengers who know how to GET TO THE FUCKING GATE ON TIME !

Re:Slashdot blurbs have TWO kinds of labels...

[Hal_Porter]

Well one of the editors would need to read the article.

Good God man, the whole fabric of spacetime would be put at risk.