• DavidDoesLemmy
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    9 months ago

    They weigh my carry on and complain when it’s 1kg over, yet some people weighing twice as much as me get on the plane. Makes no sense.

    • Jimmycakes@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      That weight limit is how much an employee can lift by themselves in America(50 pounds). If it’s over they have to team lift.

      • DavidDoesLemmy
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        9 months ago

        Sure, for checked luggage. But why does carry on luggage have to be 7kg?

        • Otter@lemmy.ca
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          9 months ago

          Sometimes the passenger can’t lift it for whatever reason, in which case the flight attendants would have to do it.

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            9 months ago

            Then they should put a barbell with weights and you are allowed to bring as many kgs as you can lift with the barbell.

        • Jimmycakes@lemmy.world
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          9 months ago

          So it’s doesn’t fall out and crush you in the head during turbulence. It’s held up there by a shitty little latch.

      • SmoothIsFast@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        Yeah, that’s why I watch the bag handlers sling my bags with heavy tags on to the conveyor belt with one arm…

      • StarkillerX42@lemmy.ml
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        9 months ago

        There isn’t a weight limit for the overhead compartment on any airline I’ve flown.

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          9 months ago

          you sure about that? if they enforce bag weight they won’t need to put max weight stickers in the actual plane. It’s not like anyone would humor them if there were anyways…

      • DavidDoesLemmy
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        9 months ago

        Yeah but I can as easily put 8kg overhead as I can 7kg. The staff won’t have to do it.

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          9 months ago

          Limiting the carry on weight I can understand. The overhead compartment can only hold a certain amount of weight. So a limit has to exist.

          And there is the danger of luggage falling on people during an emergency or even just when opening the compartment. And while 7kg hurts, more weight hurts more and even will get dangerous.

        • FiskFisk33@startrek.website
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          9 months ago

          If they put the limit at 8kg you would make the same argument about 9.

          I’m not saying they’re not rent seeking, I trust them as far as I could throw them, but this is a false comparison. The weight limit of the overhead compartment and the total passenger weight of the plane are two completely different things.