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Apart from perhaps printing a boarding pass and (given security) food on very long flights, these all seem OK to me. Not charging for checked baggage is equival
by hillz 10y ago
Apart from perhaps printing a boarding pass and (given security) food on very long flights, these all seem OK to me. Not charging for checked baggage is equivalent to taxing those who pack light and subsidizing those who pack heavy (and cost more fuel).
- ryandrake 10y agoCharging for checked luggage means I'm going to bring as much luggage as I possibly can get away with into the main cabin, slowing boarding and unboarding, taking up overhead bin space, etc. What they SHOULD be charging for is carry-ons.
- dagw 10y agoAirlines have to pay the airport ground crew to load and unload checked luggage. It doesn't cost the airlines much extra to have really slow boarding and unboarding, nor does having the cabin packet to the max with carry-ons affect them much.
- saiya-jin 10y agoit can cause take-of delays, which can easily cascade and affect many flights. I presume these can easily cost cash, no?
- dagw 10y agoIt can in extreme cases, but based on totally unscientific observations, the number of flights delayed significantly because people spend too long time stowing their carry on is tiny. Even just looking a boarding related delays, I'd say people simply not showing up at the gate on time is a much bigger problem.
- rconti 10y agoThey just close the doors.
- coredog64 10y agoEven a small airplane like a 737 costs millions of dollars to purchase and (off the top of my head) another million a year to maintain. When it isn't in the air, moving people who paid for tickets it is not earning its keep.
- dagw 10y agoSure, but turn-around times are affected by many factors, and the time it takes people to stow their luggage is probably one of the least significant.
- bbarn 10y agoOr, not cram so many people into the space originally designed for half as many. Then everyone's roller bag would fit just fine.