• @Jimmycakes@lemmy.world
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    6610 months ago

    That weight limit is how much an employee can lift by themselves in America(50 pounds). If it’s over they have to team lift.

      • Otter
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        2710 months ago

        Sometimes the passenger can’t lift it for whatever reason, in which case the flight attendants would have to do it.

      • @Jimmycakes@lemmy.world
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        2310 months ago

        So it’s doesn’t fall out and crush you in the head during turbulence. It’s held up there by a shitty little latch.

    • @SmoothIsFast@lemmy.world
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      -110 months ago

      Yeah, that’s why I watch the bag handlers sling my bags with heavy tags on to the conveyor belt with one arm…