Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jul 21, 2004, at 4:44 PM, Jim Laurel wrote: > As Rei points out, the carry-on standards are arbitrarily set by the > airlines themselves. Philippne Airlines made repeated announcements > about the 15lb limit and claimed that this was a new FAA regulation, > which I don't think is true. As far as I know the FAA has guidelines > that a carry-on should be no more than 45 linear inches, but has no > weight limitations. One thing I noticed when I flew American Airlines in the past two weeks (two trips to Chicago) was a new announcement on the plan while boarding was in process - the new lines said something to the effect that if you're not able to lift your carryon bag into the overhead (eg, too heavy), then it's no longer considered a 'carryon' and must be checked. I'll have to ask somebody I know at the airport what's up with this... > Philippine Air weighed our carry-ons twice to ensure they were under > 15lb - one at check in, and once at the gate. Both times, I removed > the EOS body and 28-70 to get my bag down to 15lb. They regarded my > computer case as a "personal item", though it also weighs over 15lbs! Perfectly rational, by airline gate agent standards... CZ NC