Comments on: Congratulations! You’ve Shown Basic Human Intelligence! http://blog.benjaminfenster.com/2008/05/30/congratulations-youve-shown-basic-human-intelligence/ A Blog of Musings and Mockery Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:18:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: just pixels http://blog.benjaminfenster.com/2008/05/30/congratulations-youve-shown-basic-human-intelligence/#comment-69 just pixels Fri, 30 May 2008 15:51:05 +0000 http://blog.benjaminfenster.com/2008/05/30/congratulations-youve-shown-basic-human-intelligence/#comment-69 I don't mind if airlines charge for checked bags. It is, after all, a significant expense with all those carts, conveyers, guys with earcovers, etc. People who use it should pay for it. But ... but ... isn't that already part of the ticket price? The $15/bag fee should go along with a proportionate cut in ticket prices. If they stick to their guns, everyone will try to bring their bags on-board as a carry-on. Slowing security screening (more bags), slowing boarding itself, congesting overhead space and generally making flying more aggravating. To mitigate some of this, American and the others should be merciless about carry-on size and count limits. On the bright side (for Al Queda), more carry-on bags with more stuff jammed in 'em will make weapons detection more difficult. Why does American hate America and Americans? I don’t mind if airlines charge for checked bags. It is, after all, a significant expense with all those carts, conveyers, guys with earcovers, etc. People who use it should pay for it.

But … but … isn’t that already part of the ticket price? The $15/bag fee should go along with a proportionate cut in ticket prices.

If they stick to their guns, everyone will try to bring their bags on-board as a carry-on. Slowing security screening (more bags), slowing boarding itself, congesting overhead space and generally making flying more aggravating. To mitigate some of this, American and the others should be merciless about carry-on size and count limits.

On the bright side (for Al Queda), more carry-on bags with more stuff jammed in ‘em will make weapons detection more difficult. Why does American hate America and Americans?

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