This is getting rediculous. I’ve spoken with El Al and American Airlines. They seem powerless to do anything. There is one employee at El Al that’s making efforts to try, but the rest simply don’t do much. The standard procedure is to send off a telex and hope for the best. They don’t make phone calls or try to be creative in any way.
So the task falls to me. I’ve given both airlines the numbers for the respective airlines in Lisbon and Angola and have asked them to call. I’ve tried to call myself, but am having trouble finding people willing/able to help who also speak English.
I’ve asked our Angolan representative to go to the airport in Luanda to look for it in the lost and found. Perhaps I’ll have some good news in the next day. He did tell me that if it really got to Catumbela, then it’s lost for good.
It was so close to getting back here. If only El Al’s goons in Paris hadn’t meddled with it, and it would have succeeded. American’s rep sounded really annoyed when I told her how El Al had screwed things up, but it’s probably too late to do much of anything at this point.
Time to sit back and hope for the best.
[tags]travel, luggage, angola, israel, elal, airline, luanda, catumbela[/tags]
