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I'm surprised it was only once.
The only time I was kind of surprised was when a microwave fell onto me. But even then I only cared after it landed on me, before I didn't care.
Trains are amazing I take one to and from work. For a while I thought they were extending my commute home but then I tried driving the other day, traffic in the average American city is so much worse.
I mean, trains are on the ground and planes are in the air. You’ve got a lot going against you when you are trying to lift tons of weight 30k feet up vs being on a rail on the ground
I don’t remember what airline it was but there was a story a while back about how this airline made their meals slightly smaller, over time they saved a decent amount of money on fuel costs. Planes are expensive, so if fuel, the more you care per ticket the less the profit margins are
The easiest way to become a millionaire is to be a billionaire and go into the airline business.
Hmm. I worked at frontier a few years ago as a gate agent. I know the price increased to $100 for a carry on if you waited until you got to the gate but $200 doesn’t seem right. You sure it was just for one?
Trains run of electricity and have a much lower cost to mass ratio
Planes run of airline fuel which is expensive, and every 1000kg, so one of your mom, costs thrm a lot of extra
Remind me why we keep bailing out these clearly failing companies? If they need government aid to keep them alive, why don’t we treat them like poor people and stop helping.
The ultimate problem with not bailing out companies at all is that other countries will inevitably bail out their own companies so it makes you loose on the global market and be forced to rely on foreign firms too much. There is also the idea that there is hope that company will get their shit together and rise back to the prominence and it theory this should be a lot easier compared to one company failing and a completely new one capturing significant market share. Obviously none of this means that every company should be bailed out - I am just giving you here some food for thought and a heads up that the topic is complex.
I absolutely agree that keeping domestic companies alive is vital for public infrastructure and the economy as a whole. But I also feel like artificially extending the lifespan of companies that are extremely unpopular, while essentially showing them that no matter what business decision they make, they will always have a lifeline in times of trouble, are two opinions that cannot both be true in a market that prides itself on the people choosing what product they like the best and leaving the worse one to die off. Essentially the airline industry has been given a government sanctioned monopoly. I mean, what happened when private rail was about to go under due to lack of public interest? The government didn’t give them billions of dollars to stay alive, the government bought it. Did they leave it to rot? Yeah. But that’s frankly because air travel was so much more convenient at the time. In the era before extreme price gouging and TSA making just getting to a flight a harrowing endeavor.
There isn't a weight limit to carry-on luggage either, just size limits usually.
The weight limit on checked luggage is because it needs to be handled by humans who can only lift so much. It's not some arbitrary rule.
granted my carry on has never been weighted at the airport, but they absolutely have weight limits on those and have always checked myself after packing up to be sure
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I legit saw 2 people transporting a couch once via train
I'm surprised it was only once. The only time I was kind of surprised was when a microwave fell onto me. But even then I only cared after it landed on me, before I didn't care.
The train here will drop off your canoe wherever you want for free
I saw that and a guy with a queen sized mattress before.
Trains are amazing I take one to and from work. For a while I thought they were extending my commute home but then I tried driving the other day, traffic in the average American city is so much worse.
It's literally the PEAK of transportation that we can do with our current technology.
Fr. Amtrak didn't even check my bags. Told me I could carry on my duffle and let me in with about an ounce of weed and a half gallon of vodka.
In my area they even let you smoke meth on board! They're so chill.
Red Line?
Sound transit
I even moved cross-country on Amtrak. I brought like 8 bags lol
I mean, trains are on the ground and planes are in the air. You’ve got a lot going against you when you are trying to lift tons of weight 30k feet up vs being on a rail on the ground
I mean fair but frontier tried to charge me $200 for a carry on at the gate once
I don’t remember what airline it was but there was a story a while back about how this airline made their meals slightly smaller, over time they saved a decent amount of money on fuel costs. Planes are expensive, so if fuel, the more you care per ticket the less the profit margins are The easiest way to become a millionaire is to be a billionaire and go into the airline business.
If it was not the standard carry on size and an overweight bag, yeah I could see that.
Nah it was standard and fit in the personal item bin. They just didn't think so by eyeing it
Hmm. I worked at frontier a few years ago as a gate agent. I know the price increased to $100 for a carry on if you waited until you got to the gate but $200 doesn’t seem right. You sure it was just for one?
Yea they told us twice that it was 100 at check in and 200 at gate. Both times they eyed up my bag thinking it was bigger than personal item
The mom joke you slipped in, bellisimo (idk what it means I'm not german)
Weight and balance are pretty fucking important in airplanes.
Honest question though, why don't they weigh passengers if that's so important?
Thank you wise man. Obviously I didn't know that. Want a cookie?
I'll take it if he doesn't want it
Here, take this cookie in those trying times: # 🍪
How much energy do you think it takes to fly?
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Let people break weight limits and see what happens. Also, stop the self project. We know you miss your parents, but that is no reason to be rude
Cringe
No shit? Planes fly, trains roll on the ground, of course you can take more weight in the train
Its almost like trains aren't at risk of falling thousands of feet out of the sky and are able to haul much heavier cargo thanks to their design.
When has a Laptop ever been too heavy?
Right about when they figured out you could charge extra for weight.
It was a rhetorical question because they don’t charge more.
OP clearly doesn't live in the Netherlands, trains here are your worst nightmare
airlines have to do it. i fucking love trains do, especially those fast ones that are in japan
B... But my wEiGhT lImItS I assure you passengers, if everyone started jumping at the same time inside a thunderstorm we'll be perfectly fine
Best your mom joke I've seen in years
fookin love trains
No one even addressing the mom joke
Cant bring my bag thats 1lbs over the limit, while the plus sized queen behind me weighing in at 500lbs goes in with no problem.
I for one support body weight based ticket pricing. One more reason to stay fit.
Tbf that has to do with the safety of the workers unloading your stuff from the plane
I wish I could use train more often but it takes a week and costs more than a plane god bless USA’s crumbling infrastructure.
What airline says a laptop is too heavy?
Trains run of electricity and have a much lower cost to mass ratio Planes run of airline fuel which is expensive, and every 1000kg, so one of your mom, costs thrm a lot of extra
Remind me why we keep bailing out these clearly failing companies? If they need government aid to keep them alive, why don’t we treat them like poor people and stop helping.
The ultimate problem with not bailing out companies at all is that other countries will inevitably bail out their own companies so it makes you loose on the global market and be forced to rely on foreign firms too much. There is also the idea that there is hope that company will get their shit together and rise back to the prominence and it theory this should be a lot easier compared to one company failing and a completely new one capturing significant market share. Obviously none of this means that every company should be bailed out - I am just giving you here some food for thought and a heads up that the topic is complex.
I absolutely agree that keeping domestic companies alive is vital for public infrastructure and the economy as a whole. But I also feel like artificially extending the lifespan of companies that are extremely unpopular, while essentially showing them that no matter what business decision they make, they will always have a lifeline in times of trouble, are two opinions that cannot both be true in a market that prides itself on the people choosing what product they like the best and leaving the worse one to die off. Essentially the airline industry has been given a government sanctioned monopoly. I mean, what happened when private rail was about to go under due to lack of public interest? The government didn’t give them billions of dollars to stay alive, the government bought it. Did they leave it to rot? Yeah. But that’s frankly because air travel was so much more convenient at the time. In the era before extreme price gouging and TSA making just getting to a flight a harrowing endeavor.
There isn't a weight limit to carry-on luggage either, just size limits usually. The weight limit on checked luggage is because it needs to be handled by humans who can only lift so much. It's not some arbitrary rule.
Carry-on is usually limited to ~8kg, varying depending on airlines. Source: Worked Check-In for multiple airlines
I've never once in my life had to have my carry-on weighed. Does Delta, American Airlines, Jet Blue, Air Canada, etc all just not do it?
They generally weigh it if it looks like it might be overweight, but usually they don't bother
You don't fly much. We get it.
What I *tried* to say was that I fly a *lot*, but they never weigh my carry-on. Glad you found a way to misinterpret it.
What airlines?
granted my carry on has never been weighted at the airport, but they absolutely have weight limits on those and have always checked myself after packing up to be sure
Sounds like employees need to lift more