Baggage system at Denver airport may be grounded DENVER, (Reuters) ? It was the butt of jokes by late night talk show hosts as it ripped up luggage during test runs and delayed the opening of Denver's new showcase airport by one year. And now the much-maligned $250 million automated baggage system at Denver International Airport may be a candidate for the trash heap because the cost of running it may be too much for United Airlines, the Chicago-based carrier now in bankruptcy court. United's parent UAL Corp. is looking for ways everywhere to save money and has been in negotiations with Denver airport officials over the baggage system. "We're looking at all of our costs, including the baggage system," Joe Hopkins, spokesman for United's parent UAL said Friday. But he declined to comment further, saying the airline was in talks with the airport. Airport spokesman Chuck Cannon also declined to comment because the negotiations were ongoing. The Rocky Mountain News reported that the airline, which controls about two-thirds of the airport's traffic, was also concerned about frequent problems that still plague the system, which costs about $59.2 million in annual airport fees. The automated baggage system was in the headlines before Denver International Airport opened in 1995 because of test runs that ended up leaving suitcases in need of repair. *************************************************** The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site/TnTisland.com Roj (Roger James) escape email mailto:ejames@xxxxxxxxx Trinbago site: www.tntisland.com Carib Brass Ctn site www.tntisland.com/caribbeanbrassconnection/ Steel Expressions www.mts.net/~ejames/se/ Site of the Week: http://www.pscutt.com TnT Webdirectory: http://search.co.tt *********************************************************