From: Christian
Rob Studdert wrote:
> On 20/12/2009, Christian <christ...@skofteland.net> wrote:
>> A long blog entry about my journey so far...
>>
>>
http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/2009/12/antipodean-holidays-2009-2010-part-i.html
>>
>> Also, I believe it was Rob Studdert that questioned the weight of my new
>> carry on 500mm lens-holding rolling camera bag. Well, just because it fits
>> in the carry on luggage rack doesn't mean you can bring it on a Qantas
>> flight. I got dinged on it today. They allow 7kg per carry on. Mine with
>> 500m lens, 300mm lens, body, flash etc weight 15kg. Oops. I had to buy a
>> special bag just for the 500/4...
>
> How did they work it out? Normally they don't put hand luggage on the scales ;-(
>
The Qantas check-in lady at LAX made a serious point about measuring and
weighing the hand luggage. Plus at the gate they were adamant about
measuring and weighing again. My Thinktank bag fits fine in the sizer
thingy it was just the weight they had an issue with so i bought a
separate bag for the 500/4. The stupid thing is that between the 3 of
us and the original 5 carry-ons we had the same weight as with the now 6
carry-ons. It defies logic. They should just do a maximum weight
between 2 bags per person or whatever.
They have a maximum takeoff weight. Every additional pound of baggage
means one less pound of fuel. At a certain point they might have to
start off-loading checked baggage to be able to load enough fuel to make
the distance + reserve.
I don't know if there's any reason not to just assign a maximum weight
of carry-on for each passenger instead of a maximum weight per bag and a
two bag limit, other than if someone *IS* going to drop their bag on me
trying to stuff it into the overhead, a 15 pound bag will hurt less than
a 30 pound bag.
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