jor, I have a better idea.. Just travel Au Naturel....

Jor,
And I'm sure others find it hard to sleep knowing this fact.

there was a woman picked up in san diego sometime after 9/11 who must have thought it was worth a southwest tix to pick up other people's luggage and fly away with it so i wouldn't assume on a short hop from city to city on the continent isn't "pickpocket-free." (the lady in sd had done it more than once...it was no error) i am sure lifting purses, wallets, etc. can be quite lucrative! i have enjoyed the humor on the responses, however. nonetheless, it seems a plausible question to me.

Come on, folks, it is completely plausible that one might have a wallet, a passport, or a piece of jewelry lifted on an overnight flight. I don't buy drinks on airplanes; why would I have reason to check my wallet in the course of a flight? Passport? Same thing. I put my passport and tickets in the outer pocket of my carryon when I board, so that they are handy for immigration, but I generally had not thought to open that velcro flap to check for them before I get off the plane. I think that I will from now on, at least when I travel alone.

Yeah, I know that we tgravelers do feel insecure about theft. No substitute for money belt and vigilance. Can't believe someone would put passport or purse under a seat or overhead unattended.

Our pickpocket experience came on a crowded Athens bus when our guard was down from traveling in the country. Any big city or airport or train station has potentional for theft.
Bill in Missouri

Ira, I don't know what airline YOU fly on or what you've been flying on but I've yet to see any flight attendants "watching" the luggage bins with any sort of regularity..sometimes they don't even seem to be watching the passengers (and what they might need).
I think the original post must have been generated on a VERY slow day at the office.

I forgot to tell you about the time my hair piece got ripped off my head on my way to a business meeting. I also had cash hidden under it. I was a victim of pickheading.

Jor, what a hair-raising experience for you!

Why my hair stands on end at the thought!

I guess you never got the thief to-pay you back.

(Groan)

Marilyn #-o

Just goes to show you that you shouldn't trust people with anything that's not nailed down. Still, I wouldn't get too wigged over it.

Watch out on Alitalia planes, they are full of gypsies.

you guys/gals crack me up! *but* now i have started to wonder... has anyone here, first-hand, your-own-self ever had anything stolen from them on an airplane???

Not me
;-)

Never....((@))

How about many hours of my life (in delays) that I will never get back?

Never ((&))

My husband repeatedly steals my peanuts. And some clown in front of me is always stealing my legroom.

suze, looks like the answer to your question is No. But I still have not got my underpants and hair piece back.

Trolling topper