4 ms·
So you want to ban carry-on luggage so you can get seated 10 minutes faster - guaranteeing that every traveler needs to spend another 10 minutes at their destin
by avalys 4y ago
So you want to ban carry-on luggage so you can get seated 10 minutes faster - guaranteeing that every traveler needs to spend another 10 minutes at their destination waiting for their checked bag to show up at the baggage claim. How does that make sense?
- readthenotes1 4y ago10?? In larger airports it can be much longer, assuming your bag even makes it. Disclosure: after my last misrouted bag, I have probably checked bags twice since 2011.
- rs999gti 4y agoThe time is not spent boarding the plane. It is spent waiting on bags in the terminal. Solve each problem independently and stop trying to mix them. Also, we don't have to ban carry ons, we can use Hacker News and Reddit's favorite blunt tool - taxes. Apply a large add on cost (taxes) for each carry on. The larger and heavier, the more add on paid. This would also offset the fuel costs of carry ons. Of course business users could just expense the carry on add on cost, which preserves carry ons for them
- avalys 4y agoWhy would you apply this weight-based tax to just the carry-on bags, and not checked luggage, or the passengers themselves?
- rs999gti 4y ago> and not checked luggage, or the passengers themselves? Checked luggage are weighed and accounted for at check in. For passengers - just assume 136 KG (which is really generous) times (the number of seats plus total crew)