[Leica] Extra photo bag on the plane

[paul at paulhardycarter.com (Paul)]

Let's face it, the weight restrictions have a *lot* more to do with 
minimising fuel use than safety. The performance envelope of modern 
airliners is quite capable of accommodating a bird strike on take-off 
even if every passenger is 20kg overweight.

I weigh around 95kg, my girlfriend around 65, my niece around 30. We're 
each taking up a seat and neither the aircraft's designers, operators 
or flight crew have any idea which ones.

P.

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Paul Hardy Carter
www.paulhardycarter.com
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On 7 Oct 2004, at 17:24, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> Simon,
>
> The manufacturers may well put placards with max. load in the bins, 
> but I am certain that they build in considerable tolerance into those 
> markings, for legal reasons at least. It is similar to the stickers on 
> my Givi motorcycle top case: do not exceed 120 km/h and do not put 
> more than 3 kg in it. I routinely disregard this weight limit, and so 
> does everybody else I know, and I am sure Givi knows it perfectly well 
> and builds the cases to take 10 kg. The ridiculous 3 kg limit is just 
> to protect themselves from liability.
>
> The only airline I have seen implementing the one-piece and 5 kg limit 
> for carry-on with anything approaching consistency is Easyjet; the 
> other ones I fly frequently--KLM, Transavia, Iberia--have never 
> weighed my carry-on.
>
> The possibility of ordering stuff in the Schiphol shops for pickup on 
> return is most likely motivated by the desire for higher sales than 
> any safety concerns.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan