Originally Posted by
anabolism
IMO, the airlines really messed up by charging for checked bags and not for carry-on -- it should be the opposite. That would dramatically speed up boarding/deplaning.
I agree; probably the costs associated with extra 10 minutes needed for turns exceed the net revenues from checking bags. And if you add passenger badwill and income lost to WN, the move looks even more silly on the whole (but looks good when you only focus on the gross revenue line).