[Leica] Extra photo bag on the plane

[nathan.wajsman at planet.nl (Nathan Wajsman)]

Simon,

I understand that you are speaking from a pilot perspective, but the 
airlines and Boeing/Airbus are presumably aware of what the average load 
per passenger is configure the planes accordingly.

Also, funny enough, I have NEVER seen any flight crew object to 
passengers carrying bags with lots of bottles from the tax-free 
shop--surely that must add just as much to the load of the plane as 
Tina's extra cameras, but of course if the airlines clamped down on 
THAT, then the airports would get quite upset, wouldn't they?

I suspect that the hand luggage limits have at least as much to do with 
the economic need to get people on and off the plane quickly so that it 
can be turned around and be in the air again as fast as possible.

Nathan
(about 50 round trip flights from Schiphol during past year)

animal wrote:

> And don,t worry what will happen to you in an overloaded plane when a 
> seagull decides to go sightseeing in an engine during your takeoff.
> Many airlines will prosecute if they catch you cheating like that.And 
> will ban you from flying with them again.

-- 
Nathan Wajsman
Almere, The Netherlands

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