TSA: You must keep your belongings in sight at all times.
Also TSA: Even though there’s still a backup of a dozen people in front of you, we’re gonna badger you to push your belongings through the X-ray now. They’ll be waiting for you on the other side. Or not.
“Personally, it always makes me nervous putting items in bins”
I have a climbers carabiner with a screw down lockable clasp attached inside my carry-on back pack. When I remove my watch, I loop it (and any of my partners valuable jewelery) into the carabiner then lock it. It’s no Fort Knox level security system but it would slow down a TSA employee with fast fingers.
And yet, my dad told me an outfitter told him he always recommends hunters when flying not bring their own in favor of using a loaner, as they routinely get stolen at some point en route. Anecdata, to be sure.
Edit: Man, I’d forgotten the level of 80’s cultural appropriation in this video; also, how much the lead singer reminds me of Pappagallo from Mad Max 2 (Michael Preston).