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Energy scarcity and our atmosphere could be helped by charging by the kilo gram. There are people who take it as an incentive to get as close as possible to the limit, increasing the weight of the loaded aircraft!
It isn’t about the weight of the aircraft but the person loading the luggage in the belly of the aircraft.
This is a dumb meme, for a few reasons.
But the human is self loading cargo. The bag is not.
Time for me to say this again:
THE WEIGHT LIMIT ON LUGGAGE IS TO PROTECT BAGGAGE HANDLERS FROM INJURY. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TAKE OFF OR LANDING WEIGHT.
I appreciate that you're clarifying with facts, in the social mediaverse that revolves around stubborn preconceptions.
Then why does a first class ticket come with a higher weight limit?
Because they wanna fleece you for every penny you have, but the point still stands that for the most part it's to protect baggage handlers. If you wanna take a dead body on board you have to take that up with the airline.
Then why can i book heavyweight with some airlines?
Incentivizing lower weights in some bags is helpful. Ninety 19 lbs bags and ten 35 lbs bags is easier on baggage handlers than a hundred 35 lbs bags
Because they can mark the luggage has heavyweight so the handlers can use equipment to load the items.
Team lift, you're paying for a second guy to help load that.
Money
I had no idea, thank you
So there's a weight limit on how far handers throw the luggage around?
If you are there handling heavy items all day, you're gonna get injured. That doesn't just fuck up the workers (meaning they can't go to work) but it costs the company money too (because they need to replace those handlers).
Think of it like this, you know how the X-Ray tech has to go into a little shielded room while you are getting X-Rayed, but you are still exposed to the full force of the X-Ray? That's not because they care about their safety more than yours, it's because one x-ray is fine (what your getting), but the x-ray tech does tens, maybe hundreds a day, and that builds up to radiation poisoning.
Now replace "X-Ray Radiation" with Repetitive Strain and back injuries" and "X-Ray" with the Suitcase full of Drugs your smuggling into the Netherlands, and you get the idea.
Yes. Can't have them hurting themselves and causing delays because the airport won't staff appropriately. Remember, safety is for controlling costs.
"Any time you think it's not about the money, it's about the money."
Mahatma GandhiNo, it's about baggage handlers not wanting to have to load your heavy ass luggage when they have a whole planes worth to get to.
They'll gladly take your overweight bag if you give them extra...money. The airlines don't care about baggage handlers.
Can I get the exact same picture but with an obese fat woman and a sexy male athlete, please? Or would that be inappropriate?
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