• 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.

    • Hillock@kbin.social
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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.