saxman66

No, because the passengers weight includes their carry on anyways. It's just another saying to get passengers to start checking their bags without taking a delay at the bottom of the jet bridge. It's really annoying when you get on the plane and see the bins only 1/2 to 2/3 full. AA seems to be the biggest instigator of making up when the bins are full. I totally get avoiding the delays and the chaos that is getting the flight out with hoards of pax at the bottom of the jet bridge and people coming forward with their bag that doesn't fit. Delta had the bright idea of putting a bag tagger at the bottom of the jet bridge for this very reason. Either way there has to be a better way. Southwest almost never has this problem because of their free checked bags. Doubt the US Big 3 would consider doing that though. Sometimes you'll see the forward FA step off the aircraft to call the GA on the jet bridge phone to tell them to start checking. But this can only be done if the plane has an extra FA on board and can legally step off as FA's by law cannot step off the aircraft with passengers on board.