Re: Weight of passengers
This used to be the fun and games in Africa... "Do we have enough power to get all these people off the ground?" with actual weight. But back then people didn't carry 'carry-on' luggage going into the cabin weighing half a ton (I jest, kinda)... it used to be a coat, a book and (for women) a handbag.
Before the Lockerbie bombing, there were times when luggage simply had to be left behind to get planes off the runway before it ran out, and it would get loaded the next day. Inevitably that meant your luggage was not on the belt when you landed, but hey, at least you didn't run off the end into a ravine or tinder dry bush.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
