<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Tango:
Are they going to start weighing carry on bags now to ensure they do not exceed a 15 pounds?</font>
Many airlines do precisely that. Altho usually the carry-on has to attract the attention of the GA to get weighed.
If it is too heavy they'll check the bag at the gate, and make you sign a waiver if it gets lost or damaged as you should have checked it in
To get around this I just take my notebook out and put it under my arm if I see the GA is paying attention to carry-ons.
- Simon