Originally Posted by exwannabe

I also have never seen them check the orange tag (and mine are rarely on the bag). The only reason to even put it on your carry-on would be you have no place to throw it away.

I do see a valid reason why the Asian airlines in general could reasonably have more of an issue with carry on weight. The FA's of all airlines do have to help out (and the airline has no way of knowing in advance when and which bags). But it is obviously harder for a shorter FA who is having to step on that little seat footstep thing. I would suspect they train and certify to ability to handle bags up to a specific weight.