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Old Jan 3, 2006 | 3:55 am
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Originally Posted by massiek
I'd be very curious HOW they could quickly weigh carry-ons. Most airlines are very concerneed about how long it takes to load a plane now, so I can't imagine them taking a few extra minutes to weigh carry-ons when the savings would be negligible.
In Melbourne a couple of years back all carry-on was weighed just before proceeding to the X-Ray by airport staff, not airline staff.

In Frankfurt they attempted something similar: they tried to enforce some carry-on size limit by putting metal bars in front of the X-ray machines. If you carry-on did not fit below the bar, it could not be X-rayed and would have to be checked. The bars seem to have vanished rather quickly -- I wonder why...

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