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I don't know why this keeps getting posted everywhere. Workers have a lift limit the extra cost is for the extra person to handle the bag.
Ah! I didn’t think about that.
I'd also suspect humans on a plane will follow a normal distribution in terms of weight. The aircraft weight/loading is done on an average sized person (which used to be 75kg if I remember correctly). Conversely every motherfucker will load their luggage with as much shit as possible if it's not limited.
So how about allowing 2 bags instead?
Then what will they upcharge you for?
Man, I'd call my lawyer if dialing the phone wasn't such a hassle.
That's still double the work.
Who gets the money for that extra work?
If baggage handlers were paid the extra bag fee people would be queuing round the airport to work there...
If the airport needs more baggage handlers on staff because there's heavy 2 person luggage or just more luggage, they indirectly do get the money, because that's how wages work.
Although I'm sure that the airline will pocket some of the fee, which is obviously not cool, but that's capitalism for you.
Baggage handlers are not paid by the bag
Some airlines do allow two bags.
Good point. Upvote rescinded!
Cabin bags have a weight limit too
Cabin bags have a size limit, but I've never seen one weighed.
Yes, often around 10 kg. Depends on the airline I guess. Though I never saw them check.
Apparently a standard carry on is about 45 cm³, or 1.60 ft³. If you fill it with water, that would weigh about 45kg/100 lb.
That would be a lot of 100ml containers...
Carrion can be well over 1000kg and 5m... Depending om what type of animal we're talking about.
Like an elephant?
Yeah, I like elephants
With barbecue sauce?
Depends on how shitty the company is. I've seen it a few times in a couple of decades of travel tbh
I always assumed they were weighed going through the scanner.
In all airports that I've been through (all in Europe), the scanners for people + their carry-on luggage are from the customs agency, so from the government. They won't check or enforce any airline weight limits there. The airline may still ask to check the weight of carry-on luggage at the gate, but I've never seen it as an automated process, only as spot checks.
The scanner's part of security, which is potentially shared between multiple airlines with multiple cabin bag weight limits, so it wouldn't make sense as the place to weigh things. It only works if it's done somewhere airline-specific, like check-in or boarding.
Hmm, perhaps. Good point, but I've flown enough that I should have seen someone flagged for overweight bags.
They don't want anyone trying to smuggle all those neutron star packages
If I pay an extra €50 to go from 19kg to 23kg, does the worker get paid more?
Thought not.
So all suitcases between 19 and 23kg are loaded by 2 people at a time?
Bullshit. It's a fake cost and everyone knows it.
It's always just one guy yeeting the bags even when there's 2 of them they never share a bag lol. The extra money pays for the pink heavy tag they put on there that no one listens to.
Exactly. I can understand a maximum upper limit, but the cost bands below that are there only to maximise profits.
No problem. I think you've illustrated perfectly how easy it is for airlines to dupe their customers with additional fake charges.
The result of your summary was the erroneous conclusion that the extra cost was for more manpower, demonstrating why the airlines are able to get away with making spurious extra costs.
Ah, but, who's going to lift the passenger!
Passengers, while often stupid, are usually self loading.
Ooh, clever. TIL.
US vs Worker Rights
Thus, the meme
Does the luggage handler receive the money then?
Well, if there’s two of them, yes?
For a carry-on? Is that not what they are measuring in the image?
Nope. Why would you weigh a carry-on in the area with a conveyor belt? That is clearly the desk where you hand over the checked baggage.
No, carry on is usally max 8 kg.
Thankfully some airlines just go with the "you need to be able to lift it into the overhead bin" approach source airline.