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1: The musicians lobby. It's in the article. 2: Cabin space is a scarce resource. When some of it is forcefully allocated to a privileged group, there is less
by mseebach 13y ago
1: The musicians lobby. It's in the article.
2: Cabin space is a scarce resource. When some of it is forcefully allocated to a privileged group, there is less for the rest of us.
- fastball 13y ago"privileged group", otherwise known as "someone who actually needs it more than you do".
- mseebach 13y agoYeah, I never carry anything valuable or fragile on planes. Thanks for clearing that up.
- bashinator 13y agoHow about valuable, fragile, that you have a close emotional attachment to, that is also required for your profession.
- jat850 13y agoMaybe I'm misunderstanding. But it outlines that if it's a comparable item to other carryon baggage, there's no additional penalty on the scarce resource of carryon storage. It's no more forcefully allocated to instruments than it is a standard other item of carryon luggage. It's just equally allocated, now.
- gaius 13y agoIt says a cello must be carried with no additional fee - that means the guy is getting a free seat. Which means the cost of that seat is split between the other passengers.
- michaelhoffman 13y agoNo, it's no additional fee beyond the ordinary cost for the ticket. It makes the revenue for a cello equivalent to a passenger--you can't charge extra because it is a cello.
- jat850 13y agoNo, as michaelhoffman says, the passenger may purchase a seat for the instrument, but must not be charged additional fees simply because it is an instrument and not a passenger.
- pmiller2 13y agoYou get the right to buy a ticket for your cello. The "no additional fee" bit is as michaelhoffman states: they can't charge any more for your cello's ticket than for a passenger's ticket. See http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/11/18/delta-no-more-frequent-flyer-miles-for-musicians-mr-cello/ http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/11/18/delta-no-more-frequent-f... for an example of what used to happen before this law.
- InclinedPlane 13y agoIt says that a cello requires purchase of another ticket, but cannot include additional fees merely because it's a cello. If anything that subsidizes other passengers because cellos don't also have carry on baggage, they don't breathe air, they weigh less than the average person, and they tend not to consume many snacks and drinks mid-flight.
- pmiller2 13y agoA typical cello weights about 8 pounds. A hard case (not a 'flight case' that would be suitable for the cargo hold, but a hard carrying case) weighs no more than 15 lbs or so, and good ones weigh under 8 lbs. An electric cello might even fit in the overhead compartment, depending exactly how it's built! (Though you will likely have to check your amplifiers.)