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Old Oct 10, 2010 | 5:23 pm
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Originally Posted by cordelli
It's been a very long time since I've seen an airplane filled up with 97 lb and under flight attendants, and they usually don't lift the carry ons any more.
In Asia they do fill the airplanes with 97 lb flight attendants and they will happily assist a passenger with their carry-on if the passenger is incapable and no-one else steps in quick enough to help.

Although I agree the 7 kilo limit almost always applies to airlines that charge for checked baggage so I suspect that is the relevant correlation.
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