• @Splenetic@lemm.ee
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    1619 days ago

    Its not logical - Weight limits aren’t there for the flight, they’re there so the luggage handlers don’t injure themselves

    • @chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world
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      119 days ago

      Weight limits are critical for the flight. An overweight plane can fail to take off. The more weight in passengers a plane carries, the more weight in fuel they need to add. This extra fuel weight also requires more fuel to carry it. And so on and so on.

      There’s a tipping point with weight of passengers and cargo combined with flight duration where the plane becomes uneconomical to fly. Planes have crashed on takeoff because they were overweight but the weight was miscalculated. Temperature and weather also play a role.

    • @wondrous_strange@lemmy.world
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      -319 days ago

      Of course… What airline companies are most concerned about is the well being of their luggage handlers.

      Even if they claim that this is one of the reasons, it’s a by product of cost management.