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[–] Sibshops@lemm.ee 275 points 4 days ago (50 children)

I don't know why this keeps getting posted everywhere. Workers have a lift limit the extra cost is for the extra person to handle the bag.

[–] Fleppensteijn@feddit.nl 7 points 4 days ago (14 children)

Cabin bags have a weight limit too

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 13 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Cabin bags have a size limit, but I've never seen one weighed.

[–] Fleppensteijn@feddit.nl 3 points 4 days ago

Yes, often around 10 kg. Depends on the airline I guess. Though I never saw them check.

[–] mogranja@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Apparently a standard carry on is about 45 cm³, or 1.60 ft³. If you fill it with water, that would weigh about 45kg/100 lb.

That would be a lot of 100ml containers...

[–] WereCat@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Carrion can be well over 1000kg and 5m... Depending om what type of animal we're talking about.

[–] mogranja@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] WereCat@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] mogranja@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

With barbecue sauce?

[–] Damage@feddit.it 1 points 4 days ago

Depends on how shitty the company is. I've seen it a few times in a couple of decades of travel tbh

[–] Lazhward@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I always assumed they were weighed going through the scanner.

[–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

The scanner's part of security, which is potentially shared between multiple airlines with multiple cabin bag weight limits, so it wouldn't make sense as the place to weigh things. It only works if it's done somewhere airline-specific, like check-in or boarding.

[–] RunawayFixer@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

In all airports that I've been through (all in Europe), the scanners for people + their carry-on luggage are from the customs agency, so from the government. They won't check or enforce any airline weight limits there. The airline may still ask to check the weight of carry-on luggage at the gate, but I've never seen it as an automated process, only as spot checks.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago

Hmm, perhaps. Good point, but I've flown enough that I should have seen someone flagged for overweight bags.

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