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[lollardfish]

We're back. We have no luggage. It got to Chicago, but didn't make it out again. The plane was too heavy and they took some off, though they didn't tell us about it.

I feel only slightly worse for the people with frozen fish from their trip to Alaska, all packed and good for "twenty hours." They aren't going to make it.

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[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

How was London?

K.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

"The plane was too heavy and they took some off, though they didn't tell us about it."

I've been thinking about this. My guess is that the plane was no heavier than usual, but that their calculations are off.

Plane weight is calculated based on people and baggage. Each person is given some standard weight which includes carry-on bags. Each checked bag is either weighed or given some standard weight. Multiply everything out, and you know the total weight of the passengers and their bags.

So far so good, but the recent rule changes mean that lots more people are checking bags that would otherwise have been carry-ons. Which means that the standard weight per person is now higher than it should be, which means that the total weight is now higher than it should be.

The airlines are going to need some new data before they get this one right.

B