I'm not trying to dictate what you carry, just asking for a little common sense, which anymore seems to be all too uncommon with the travelling public. As for baggage pilferage, it unfortunately does happen, BUT, I can assure you, 99.95% of lost items from luggage is from overstuffed luggage popping open, broken zippers, zippers/latches not closed by the passenger which we don't have the time to close, worn out/broken luggage etc, etc, Things completely out of our control! You wouldn't believe the stuff laying around in the aircraft bins, cell phones, jewelery, cameras, I-pods, valuable things which with over 100 bags in the bin, we have no clue which one it came out of. We turn them into lost and found at the Police Dept. But of course, it's just too easy to blame the baggage handlers. Very, very few are thieves like your friend! Think about it, little man, the very LAST thing we want to do is reach into a bag full of dirty underwear!!