Dave Noble

Those weekly commuters that need more than 14Kg ( 2 x 7kg) have the opportunity to check bags in for no charge with Qantas

lokijuh

Yes, I'm not a weekly commuter on QF, but do regularly travel - sometimes with hand luggage only - on other carriers. I find my wheelaboard with clothes/shoes ~ 7kg plus backpack with laptop/electronics ~5kg. Only if I combine the two into one would it be a problem meeting 7kg limit.

moa999

Definitely a reason to have a separate laptop bag for all the electronics.
Quite a few of them have a pocket with a bottom zip that become a sleeve that you can slide over a typical two pole roller.

Platy

Except....impact was already reduced by lowering the weight of the allowable items (10kg to 7kg) previously in the "set up" for the cash grab to come (the latter confirmed by the opinion of my contacts if QF Group - it's about cash not safety, mate).

Under your regime of risk removal QF would have an extra potential 340 items to stow per flight (170 pax by 2 items).

That's where your logic always takes you, Dave....ad absurdum.

A few other absurdities:

• At 7kg the allowable size of the carry on becomes a white elephant (try filling a case of that size and case weight and stay under the limit): why allow a carry on of that dimension if the weight of such is unlikely to comply
• Ground staff have to be paid to handle those 170 extra items at other ends of the flight and send to connecting aircraft - not passengers (who themselves paying to handle their own luggage)
• The capacity of of the aircraft hold(s) may become limiting
• The turnaround time for the aircraft blows out

Just goes to show how unfettered "logic" devoid of anchor in the bigger picture inevitably leads you to a conclusion which is "not normal" (and financially / practically unfeasible)...same story arc - different thread.

It doesn't take much imagination to see where this is heading for QF when JQ charges for the differential between a 7kg and 10kg carry on...logic without imagination and insight will always be limiting....

Dave Noble

Staff are already being paid to handle items

Regardless of whether some people at Qantas have an opinion on Qantas's reasons for the policy, Qantas does have a clearly written policy - the OP ran foul of it - as you say - it is an opinion - not a fact

The policy seems to make sense to me - I have had someone's handluggage fall down and hit me - luckily it wasnt 14Kg or 20kg

harryhv

One way to deal with intrusive busybodies who want to weigh your hand luggage is to wear clothes with plenty of pockets and fill them up with the heavier items during the weighing - also necessary at some international-airports where you find useless jobsworths hanging around security weighing everyone's hand baggage, Brisbane and Melbourne typically.

Another way is to fly Virgin rather than Qantas within Australia, you'll also pay less for an equivalent experience if you use a discount code see here:
https://www.australianfrequentflyer.....54931/page-45

nzkarit

Can't put cargo in overhead bins. And cargo per kg generally makes more money than a checked bag.

Platy

And the policy is about cash not safety.

So you expect the staff to handle double the items in the same time period for the same pay...?!

FWIW and IMHO a 10kg limit per item would be sensible mid point - I would be more accepting as a personal position of a realistic limit being enforced.

In the meantime, it seems absolutely daft that a significant volume of the overhead bin capacity appears to be taken up with airline / staff items at the front of the QF domestic 737 fleet.

I guess we'll see in due course whether QF follows the JQ lead on revenue raising on the 7kg to 10kg differential!

(PS. Hopefully you weren't bruised or worse with the luggage misshap. Those situations are never nice and can be very awkward. Wouldn't want to get into a legal argument about respective responsibilities of the airline or individual who loaded their own carry ons or to see someone incidentally hurt - the design of the pivot bins is supposed to help).

VH-RMD

And one wonders just how heavy those staff roll-aboards are????

s115

what was she weighing them with?

DownUnderFlyer

[mod hat] Please think about whether you have something new to contribute to this discussion or not. "I am right and you are not" discussions usually don't help much. [/mod hat]

Platy

Funny you should mention that...was drinking with a QF Group First Officer on Tuesday night who was explaining how she managed to bypass (the now enforced) carry on weight limitations when on staff travel (non duty).

Add that to the list of privileges QF staff seemingly enjoy over paying business class passengers (pick of the seats, managing to usurp paying passengers for non duty staff seats, etc).

Platy

A good question - regular bathroom scales can be 20-30% inaccurate - hopefully QF is using scales with a far narrower range of performance


(see https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentra...1-2458-13-1194)

nancypants

warreng

Carry on weight limits are a bit like speed limits on country roads. Everyone exceeds them because they aren't really enforced but that doesn't mean you have any right to be outraged if you do get unlucky and come across the one cop/FA in a hundred who actually cares. Unlike speed limits on country roads however, evidence that carry on weight limits are rarely enforced definitely weakens the airline's ability to rely on their policies and systems to protect them from liability arising from overweight carry on luggage. Say an overhead locker busts open during turbulence, a suitcase weighing 20kg falls out and breaks the neck of a passenger, you can bet your bottom dollar the ambulance chasers will want to know how that suitcase ended up there.