Originally Posted by
Passmethesickbag
Given that all of these charges exceed the hourly pay of a baggage handler by some considerable margin, and supposing (I'm going out on a limb here) that each bag does not occupy an hour of baggage handler time, BA will have to get a grip on this.
Especially as the entire process of getting the bag from the check-in desk to the baggage belt is totally free of any cost whatsoever to BA, other than the cost of the baggage handlers' time, and thus all of the attributable fare/charge for the bag can be used to pay the baggage handlers.