I've always wondered why the airlines couldn't just bring the cart from the plane into the baggage-claim area, instead of putting it on a carousel.

Currently, they handle your luggage two times when they could simply bring the luggage carts--as they were unloaded from the plane--directly into the building as they are. I suggest it be pulled to an automated 'track' that would immediately bring the luggage-wagons into the building, to the correct baggage claim area.

This way, the luggage would make it from the plane back to the travelers much more quickly. It would only be handled while leaving the plane, so fewer employees would be needed. Baggage carousels break and damage luggage--with this system, your bags would sit nicely in the cart without piling or rolling or jamming.

You would probably want to make the carts longer, lower and more narrow so when they reached the baggage claim, the bags would be easier for customers to pick-up.

Luggage that needs to change planes could (still) be put on different carts that wouldn't be brought into the baggage claim area--no change here.

Although I prefer it, they wouldn't have to use automated pull-cables in the floor of the building to move the carts--they could use the outdoor-tractor to pull if it was electric. Either way, this seems quicker, cheaper and simpler than what they do now.

You'll need dedicated 'roads' for the carts (and tractor) in the baggage claim area, but that's what the carousel is like anyway. If you're afraid the carts would be dirty or snowy, you could design these 'roads' to only expose the bay of the cart, hiding the wheels.

This seems like such a simple idea to me. I don't fly that much and I seldom check luggage, so I'm no expert, but I'm sure some of you can evaluate this and tell me if I'm cracked.

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