Nothing could be easier. The area in front of the check-in counter is a scale. When the person at the counter moves on, you step forward with all your luggage (as is already done). The cashier verifies all your stuff is within the designated area and software does the adjustment.
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Doesn’t according by for volume which is also a thing, but it’s a start
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Maybe a human version of the checked bag measure? Can you walk through this human shaped cut out? If you spill over into the yellow zone plus 10%, into the red zone +20%. There's no way that could go wrong. I should head up PR.
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Heh.
For passenger travel, the weight/volume distinction isn't necessary save for some upper limit on luggage volume.
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...do people actually go to the check-in counter?Warren wrote: ↑13 Jun 2018, 14:47Nothing could be easier. The area in front of the check-in counter is a scale. When the person at the counter moves on, you step forward with all your luggage (as is already done). The cashier verifies all your stuff is within the designated area and software does the adjustment.
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Lol this is exactly what I want
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Yes. Actual people do.Jadagul wrote: ↑13 Jun 2018, 19:01...do people actually go to the check-in counter?Warren wrote: ↑13 Jun 2018, 14:47Nothing could be easier. The area in front of the check-in counter is a scale. When the person at the counter moves on, you step forward with all your luggage (as is already done). The cashier verifies all your stuff is within the designated area and software does the adjustment.
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Why?Warren wrote: ↑13 Jun 2018, 20:17Yes. Actual people do.Jadagul wrote: ↑13 Jun 2018, 19:01...do people actually go to the check-in counter?Warren wrote: ↑13 Jun 2018, 14:47Nothing could be easier. The area in front of the check-in counter is a scale. When the person at the counter moves on, you step forward with all your luggage (as is already done). The cashier verifies all your stuff is within the designated area and software does the adjustment.
If you're not checking bags, you can get the boarding pass on your phone, or print it out before you leave. Or both. You get to the airport and go straight to security.
And even if I don't do that, I'm pretty much always checking it at a kiosk, not at the actual check-in counter. If I'm not checking bags I almost never talk to a staffer before I get to the gate.
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Cause a lot of people do check in bags. I do.
I count the kiosk as a counter, because you are stopping there to do stuff. It's a lot of counters, but that's just good staffing (because it doesn't need people).
I count the kiosk as a counter, because you are stopping there to do stuff. It's a lot of counters, but that's just good staffing (because it doesn't need people).
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International flights frequently require a counter visit.
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Nice petit man in the seat next to me heading home 


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i'd be more amenable to the concept of pay by volume if they extended the seat spacing so i could put my feet down flat in most cases.
(newer southwest planes are much better on this but only in those door adjacent rows in the middle.)
eta: also accounting for room for folks in front who insist on putting their seats back. i'd insist on avoiding the "i'll keep throwing my bodyweight into the seat despite the guy behind me saying 'excuse me sir my knees are much like shakira's hips in that they do not tell falsehoods' and pretending i didn't hear his incredible witticisms which are covering up the murderous rage he now harbors for me" thing.
if you're gonna charge for volume you have to accommodate said volume. all knees matter.
(newer southwest planes are much better on this but only in those door adjacent rows in the middle.)
eta: also accounting for room for folks in front who insist on putting their seats back. i'd insist on avoiding the "i'll keep throwing my bodyweight into the seat despite the guy behind me saying 'excuse me sir my knees are much like shakira's hips in that they do not tell falsehoods' and pretending i didn't hear his incredible witticisms which are covering up the murderous rage he now harbors for me" thing.
if you're gonna charge for volume you have to accommodate said volume. all knees matter.
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True dat, although again I only fly airlines with an economy+ option with more legroom, Southwest excepted on shorter routes, but that has so far only counted for a total of ten or maybe 14 legs of flights in the past 30 years.
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That pretty much exceeds the total legs of flights I've had in the past 30 years.lunchstealer wrote: ↑14 Jun 2018, 13:01True dat, although again I only fly airlines with an economy+ option with more legroom, Southwest excepted on shorter routes, but that has so far only counted for a total of ten or maybe 14 legs of flights in the past 30 years.
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I seldom even have an option for anything other than economy.lunchstealer wrote: ↑14 Jun 2018, 13:01True dat, although again I only fly airlines with an economy+ option with more legroom, Southwest excepted on shorter routes, but that has so far only counted for a total of ten or maybe 14 legs of flights in the past 30 years.
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That guy was in front of me on a Frankfurt (not Frankfort) to Newark flight once! I did not rip off his head and stuff it into an overhead bin, which is why I expect to be canonized upon my death. (I merely threatened to do so, which is why I also expect my canonization to be mildly controversial.)dhex wrote: ↑14 Jun 2018, 10:43i'd insist on avoiding the "i'll keep throwing my bodyweight into the seat despite the guy behind me saying 'excuse me sir my knees are much like shakira's hips in that they do not tell falsehoods' and pretending i didn't hear his incredible witticisms which are covering up the murderous rage he now harbors for me" thing.
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Really? I'd expect both you guys to fly as cargo. You know, just out of common courtesy.Jake wrote: ↑15 Jun 2018, 00:25That guy was in front of me on a Frankfurt (not Frankfort) to Newark flight once! I did not rip off his head and stuff it into an overhead bin, which is why I expect to be canonized upon my death. (I merely threatened to do so, which is why I also expect my canonization to be mildly controversial.)dhex wrote: ↑14 Jun 2018, 10:43i'd insist on avoiding the "i'll keep throwing my bodyweight into the seat despite the guy behind me saying 'excuse me sir my knees are much like shakira's hips in that they do not tell falsehoods' and pretending i didn't hear his incredible witticisms which are covering up the murderous rage he now harbors for me" thing.
lol jk?
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Shit. Wait until you're stuffed in the back of a C-141 with 160 guys as big as Jake and dhex and every last one of them has 100+ pounds of gear strapped to them. Commercial air is a picnic comparatively. Plus, you get to land with the plane!Warren wrote: ↑15 Jun 2018, 09:31Really? I'd expect both you guys to fly as cargo. You know, just out of common courtesy.Jake wrote: ↑15 Jun 2018, 00:25That guy was in front of me on a Frankfurt (not Frankfort) to Newark flight once! I did not rip off his head and stuff it into an overhead bin, which is why I expect to be canonized upon my death. (I merely threatened to do so, which is why I also expect my canonization to be mildly controversial.)dhex wrote: ↑14 Jun 2018, 10:43i'd insist on avoiding the "i'll keep throwing my bodyweight into the seat despite the guy behind me saying 'excuse me sir my knees are much like shakira's hips in that they do not tell falsehoods' and pretending i didn't hear his incredible witticisms which are covering up the murderous rage he now harbors for me" thing.
lol jk?
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It can’t be worse than a C-140, in which jumpmasters seem to believe “Surely we can fit a couple more jumpers in here.”tr0g wrote: ↑15 Jun 2018, 11:27Shit. Wait until you're stuffed in the back of a C-141 with 160 guys as big as Jake and dhex and every last one of them has 100+ pounds of gear strapped to them. Commercial air is a picnic comparatively. Plus, you get to land with the plane!Warren wrote: ↑15 Jun 2018, 09:31Really? I'd expect both you guys to fly as cargo. You know, just out of common courtesy.Jake wrote: ↑15 Jun 2018, 00:25That guy was in front of me on a Frankfurt (not Frankfort) to Newark flight once! I did not rip off his head and stuff it into an overhead bin, which is why I expect to be canonized upon my death. (I merely threatened to do so, which is why I also expect my canonization to be mildly controversial.)dhex wrote: ↑14 Jun 2018, 10:43i'd insist on avoiding the "i'll keep throwing my bodyweight into the seat despite the guy behind me saying 'excuse me sir my knees are much like shakira's hips in that they do not tell falsehoods' and pretending i didn't hear his incredible witticisms which are covering up the murderous rage he now harbors for me" thing.
lol jk?
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I've never exited the plane prior to landing, but I flew on C-130s. They issued ear plugs at check-in and there were no chairs per se. They just strapped you in with cargo netting.tr0g wrote: ↑15 Jun 2018, 11:27Shit. Wait until you're stuffed in the back of a C-141 with 160 guys as big as Jake and dhex and every last one of them has 100+ pounds of gear strapped to them. Commercial air is a picnic comparatively. Plus, you get to land with the plane!Warren wrote: ↑15 Jun 2018, 09:31Really? I'd expect both you guys to fly as cargo. You know, just out of common courtesy.Jake wrote: ↑15 Jun 2018, 00:25That guy was in front of me on a Frankfurt (not Frankfort) to Newark flight once! I did not rip off his head and stuff it into an overhead bin, which is why I expect to be canonized upon my death. (I merely threatened to do so, which is why I also expect my canonization to be mildly controversial.)dhex wrote: ↑14 Jun 2018, 10:43i'd insist on avoiding the "i'll keep throwing my bodyweight into the seat despite the guy behind me saying 'excuse me sir my knees are much like shakira's hips in that they do not tell falsehoods' and pretending i didn't hear his incredible witticisms which are covering up the murderous rage he now harbors for me" thing.
lol jk?
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There's nothing like being strapped in on an Air Force plane when the crew chief comes back and climbs over you to start pulling avionics boxes off the wall. At that point, you start thinking the option to exit the aircraft in flight is looking pretty good.Warren wrote: ↑15 Jun 2018, 11:44I've never exited the plane prior to landing, but I flew on C-130s. They issued ear plugs at check-in and there were no chairs per se. They just strapped you in with cargo netting.tr0g wrote: ↑15 Jun 2018, 11:27Shit. Wait until you're stuffed in the back of a C-141 with 160 guys as big as Jake and dhex and every last one of them has 100+ pounds of gear strapped to them. Commercial air is a picnic comparatively. Plus, you get to land with the plane!Warren wrote: ↑15 Jun 2018, 09:31Really? I'd expect both you guys to fly as cargo. You know, just out of common courtesy.Jake wrote: ↑15 Jun 2018, 00:25That guy was in front of me on a Frankfurt (not Frankfort) to Newark flight once! I did not rip off his head and stuff it into an overhead bin, which is why I expect to be canonized upon my death. (I merely threatened to do so, which is why I also expect my canonization to be mildly controversial.)dhex wrote: ↑14 Jun 2018, 10:43i'd insist on avoiding the "i'll keep throwing my bodyweight into the seat despite the guy behind me saying 'excuse me sir my knees are much like shakira's hips in that they do not tell falsehoods' and pretending i didn't hear his incredible witticisms which are covering up the murderous rage he now harbors for me" thing.
lol jk?
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That's because you were never dumb motivated enough to go to jump school and get on airborne status.
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