I left an item on a plane yesterday, from BHM to BWI, Flight 1015, Sept 6th. I filed a lost and found report on the web site, and I also called BWI and Columbus (where the flight terminated). The person I spoke to at Columbus was very helpful but he told me that if for some reason the item is not found and stays on the plane, Southwest would not proactively track down which plane it was and search the plane to see if the cleaners missed it. In my case it's a prayer shawl (tallis) and tephillin bag in a felt blue bag in a transparent case, which is unlikely to be stolen, but might be left by cleaners who might mistake it for aircraft equipment. It would be nice to know that someone had actually taken the trouble to locate the plane and go and look for the item, I'd even do it myself if someone told me the next time it was going to be in Baltimore.
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