> how incredibly low 737 sits to the ground (obviously a feature from back in the days when luggage was manually loaded) People, not luggage. Specifically, the

> how incredibly low 737 sits to the ground (obviously a feature from back in the days when luggage was manually loaded) People, not luggage. Specifically, the 737 was designed to cover short-haul routes between regional airports that didn't have gates, where people had to get on the plane by walking up portable steps. Boeing never expected the 737 to be the low-cost plane of choice between major aviation hubs.