Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I can afford to see my daughter more often than I do, but the hassle and crampted Boeings make me wait longer between visists. James Harrison http://home.earthlink.net/~leicajh/ > [Original Message] > From: Adam Bridge <abridge@gmail.com> > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: 7/24/2004 4:57:53 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] About ready to give it up... > > I take your point but feel that this then rests at the feet of the > airlines and Boeing and AirBus for not building airplanes the way > people actually USE them. I am now firmly in the Air Bus preference > camp - at least as configured on the airlines I have flown they have > wider aisles, fractionally wider seats, and overhead compartments that > will take a roll-on case sitting perpendicular to the aisle so they > take less space. Being 6-3, 280, I need all the space I can get. The > airlines COULD have asked for more/better overhead space in the design > of their airplanes - but they are more intent on squeezing every last > passenger inch regardless of comfort. It's no wonder travellers get > grumpy. (I won't even go into the issue of what passes for restrooms > on Boeing aircraft beyond my desire to lock the designers into one > for, say, a flight across the country, or the Pacific, depending on > airframe.) > > It's a curious effect: airline luggage handling got worse and worse so > passengers reacted by bringing more and more into the cabin with them > so they wouldn't have to wait around for 45 minutes or so for their > bags to (possibly) come off the carousel. So we got to live with big > folding bags AND a briefcase AND something else. Which was ugly. > > Now it's much more convenient (at least for me) to check as much > luggage as I can so I don't have to worry about taking it through > security although I can no longer lock my bags so I can't put anything > in them I don't want pilfered. I've taken to using a Timbuk2 messenger > bag and a small Domke camera bag which works really well for me > although sometimes I have to use a wheeled bag if I take the R8 and a > long lens and tripod. AND it seems that the airlines are getting bags > out of the aircraft and to the carousel faster than they used to. Or > maybe I'm more resigned to it all. > > Adam > > > > On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 23:39:54 +0200, animal <s.jessurun95@chello.nl> wrote: > > Has nothing to do with terrorists. > > It,s just part of an industry effort to enhance safety. > > Nect time you travel look in the overhead bins ,you,ll find a little placard > > there with the weight limitations. > > These bins were not designed for the loads you typically encounter.That > > means that in extreme turbulence or a otherwise survivable crash they,ll > > fail and cause injury. > > simon jessurun > > amsterdam > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Adam Bridge" <abridge@gmail.com> > > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > > Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 11:36 PM > > Subject: Re: [Leica] About ready to give it up... > > > > > It's when we're at the hands of capricious or arbitrary enforcement of > > > inconsistent rules that we are most often the must frustrated -- > > > there's just no personal control for anyone when it happens and it > > > definitely makes one NOT endure the situation that causes it. > > > > > > I remember flying to Australia on Qantas we were limited to a single > > > bag. Fortunately I knew it well in advance and could plan. But I know > > > I'd be very angry to have arrived at the airport to find that there > > > was a weight limit as well as the single bag limit. > > > > > > More thanks to the terrorists! > > > > > > Adam > > > > > > On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 18:16:47 -1000, Karen Nakamura <mail@gpsy.com> wrote: > > > > >I think you were unlucky, Karen. For the past year I have flown > > > > >weekly between Amsterdam and Spain (plus other trips to assorted > > > > >other places), and I have not once had a problem carrying my > > > > >Samsonite pilot case with computer, papers etc., and a small Domke > > > > >bag with my cameras. And of course, by the time I get to the plane, > > > > >I usually have a 3rd bag containing various liquid purchases from > > > > >the tax-free shops :-) > > > > > > > > Perhaps. I find it very frustrating because you don't know until you > > > > get to the airport what the policy is. It also seems to vary > > > > depending on the: check-in agent, carry-on baggage screener, and > > > > gate agent. I've been given varying information by these people on > > > > the same flight! > > > > > > > > Some clearer information and training would be good. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Karen > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Karen Nakamura > > > > http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information