The emotional chaos in the latest incarnation of the Aird of Sleat* has been reflected in many dreams recently. In waking life, the much heralded automatic baggage handling system has resulted in the temporary disappearance of 19,000 items of luggage. In dreaming life, dreamers have been reporting that they arrive in the baggage hall to collect their belongings, only to be embroiled in chaotic confusion.
When we dream of bags and baggage we are usually reflecting the experiences and habits that we carry around with us in our waking lives. This emotional baggage is often no longer required and we are usually holding on to beliefs and feelings that no longer have any real value for us. Rather than burden ourselves with the trauma of the past we can perhaps look at ways of lightening our emotional load, so we can move forward on to the next part of our journeys.
It would seem from the experiences of passengers in Terminal 5 that British Airways perhaps need to unburden themselves of habitual working practices and chronic staff relations. By lightening their own emotional baggage and habitual responses, they can perhaps ensure that their self-loading freight is always reconnected with the baggage that they consciously choose to carry.
*(AIRD OF SLEAT (n. archaic) Ancient Scottish curse placed from afar on the stretch of land now occupied by Heathrow Airport. – Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff)