It’s both, weight starts to become a bigger deal when you factor in that you have to keep it in the air for thousands of km. If airlines could charge people by weight they would in a heartbeat
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Luvs2Spuj@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
It’s not about how much weight the plane carries so much as flight attendants doing overhead lifting and the risk of one falling out of the overhead locker. Source, I’m on the internet and you read it
BussyCat@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 21 hours ago
Actually it’s about charging people extra as often as you can.