Originally Posted by
Sant
On my return, I plan to check all my luggage and just carry a messenger bag to the plane. Unfortunately, my emptied FAA-regulated carryon weighs a little over 6kg. If 7.3kg causes the bag to be checked, c'est la vie. Fortunately, I have travel insurance in case my bags are delayed and need to purchase emergency clothing.
I am curious as to what an "FAA-regulated carryon" might be?? As far as I am aware, the FAA does not set any carry-on baggage size or weight limits. Each FAA-egulated airline operator must have an approved baggage allowance program and is required to enforce their own limits as defined in their approved baggage limits program. But the limits are defined by the operator, not by the FAA.
Now the TSA does set some baggage limits for the screening process in the USA. But that is separate and independent of the airline operator's FAA-approved baggage limits program.
http://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives...ia/acob211.rtf states:
a. Section 121.589(a) of the FAR states that an operator may not allow the boarding of carry-on baggage unless each passenger’s baggage has been scanned to control the size and amount carried on board in accordance with an approved carry-on baggage program. Additionally, no passenger may board an airplane if his/her carry-on baggage exceeds the baggage allowance prescribed in the operator’s approved program.
This implies to me that the carry-on size limits for airlines that fall under US Government FAA controls are determined by the airline and not by the FAA. The FAA approves the airline's carry-on baggage program, but the airline defines and enforces it.
The same
FAA information is available at the FAA site.
So what are the weight and dimension limits for an "FAA-regulated carryon"?