If it fits and I can carry it then allow it.
Hope I am never on a flight full of weight lifters! There
MUST be a weight rule, c'mon. Just because some cretin stuffs a carry on full on carpenter tools weighing 60-70 pounds above my head doesn't mean he should be allowed to surely?
If that tool bag fell on YOUR head due to turbulence, your view may change?!
btw Qantas is pushing for
TEN POUND weight limit for carry ons. (4 kg to be precise).
I feel that is the silly end of the scale, but United's 50 pound permissable is at the other silly end.
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