How can increased security result in the airlines losing 20,000 luggage bags?

Question

I'm confused. I travel between Edinburgh and London once a week and the stringent baggage security measures I have experienced recently are extremely tight. I am comfortable with the need to do so because i realise that this will (or should) result in a safer flight for everyone. But surely more extreme forms of security should result in less baggage being lost, not the massive 20,000 reported in the press?

Answer 1

have you ever seen the personel they have to try to work with?

Answer 2

Sounds like someone/s is not taking their job very serious to me. Scary huh.