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The weight limits in planes are ridiculous anyway. There was just a story about a woman who couldn't get back from her 2 month vacation with her dog because th
by theshrike79 3y ago
The weight limits in planes are ridiculous anyway.
There was just a story about a woman who couldn't get back from her 2 month vacation with her dog because the dog was 300 grams overweight as per the rules of the airline.
Meanwhile my fat ass can trounce on the plane and nobody will care as long as I fit in the seat. My carry-on also weighs at least 2 times what the poor dog did. Nobody bats an eye.
Either they need to waive the weight limits or use passenger+luggage as the weight limit.
(Yes I know an anvil in the overhead is dangerous and that's why carry-ons have weight limits).
- chongli 3y agoThey can’t waive the weight limits. Planes have very narrow design parameters around weight. If you add more weight, you need to add more fuel. And then fuel itself weighs a lot, so the more fuel you bring, the more fuel you need to carry the weight of that fuel. Airlines don’t fill up the plane’s fuel tanks to the top like people do with their cars. That would greatly increase fuel costs due to the aforementioned reasons. So they try to calculate the exact amount of fuel they need for the trip and then add a safety margin. If the passengers and luggage are a lot heavier than expected it delays the flight because they need to add more fuel.
- theshrike79 3y agoYep, that's why I added the bit after "or". The only sustainable solution is to weigh passenger + carry on simultaneously and have some kind of limit for that. If you go over, you pay for an extra seat two, one of which stays empty because of plane safety.
- SpaghettiCthulu 3y agoUntil they overbook and don't realize because no one is going to complain that the extra seat isn't empty.
- aaron695 3y ago[dead]