Delivery of Lost Bags Banned

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Josh Wilson wrote:

> SEELANGERs - 
> 
> If any of you have students traveling to locations in Russia outside of
> Moscow or St. Pete, the article below should be of interest to you. 
> 
> We actually have a student in Irkutsk to whom this has happened - where the
> luggage was not delivered in time for the connecting flight - making it
> impossible for the owner to claim the luggage and forward it on. Said bag is
> languishing in bureaucratic limbo in Moscow now.  
> 
> We are currently working on processing and shipping a power of attorney in
> order to have one of our Moscow representatives take care of this - but it
> is a bit of a nightmare (and highly silly) regulation they have now. 

There are two simple fixes to this:

1) Revise the airlines' forms so the passengers do give them a proper 
power of attorney, making the practice of delivering the bags legal;

or

2) Stay behind, missing your connection if necessary, until your bag 
turns up.

Three guesses which option the passengers will prefer...

-- 
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
http://pbg-translations.com

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