• FiskFisk33
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    3 years ago

    Your fellow passenger will be in a seat, not the overhead baggage compartment.

    • StarkillerX42@lemmy.ml
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      3 years ago

      There isn’t a weight limit for the overhead compartment on any airline I’ve flown.

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        3 years ago

        you sure about that? if they enforce bag weight they won’t need to put max weight stickers in the actual plane. It’s not like anyone would humor them if there were anyways…

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        3 years ago

        Limiting the carry on weight I can understand. The overhead compartment can only hold a certain amount of weight. So a limit has to exist.

        And there is the danger of luggage falling on people during an emergency or even just when opening the compartment. And while 7kg hurts, more weight hurts more and even will get dangerous.

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        3 years ago

        If they put the limit at 8kg you would make the same argument about 9.

        I’m not saying they’re not rent seeking, I trust them as far as I could throw them, but this is a false comparison. The weight limit of the overhead compartment and the total passenger weight of the plane are two completely different things.