How heavy is a door?

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What I would like, would be a "training area" where you can elarn tyo
handle those doors and the differing ways they open. I've often
thought there should be a passenger safety training certificate of
some sort that one could qualify for. (I'd pay my own way even)

This would certainly enhance safety, but probably not enough to
justify its cost. Also, airlines are extremely skittish about
anything that might remind customers of the possibility of accidents.
They'd prefer that passengers forget that possibility and tend only to
do what the law requires.

I think everyone would be a bit safer if there was some number of
passengers familiar with the general safety equopment on any given
flight.

How would you ensure that this were the case?

Unrelated requirement: If you can't free lift your carry-on over your
head unaided and stuff it in the bin in one clean movement, you have
to check it or shove it under the seat in front of you. I imagine
we're all frustrated with those 5' tall people weighing 75 pounds
schlepping a 90 pound carryon that they end up needing two of their
freinds and a step-ladder to get the bleeping thing into the overhead.

The heaviest luggage I've ever used was a very large suitcase that
weighed in at around 24 kg (it was filled with a lot of books, which
weigh a lot). What would you put in a carryon that would make it
weight 90 pounds?

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On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 06:00:21 +0100, Mxsmanic
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writes:

What I would like, would be a "training area" where you can elarn tyo
handle those doors and the differing ways they open. I've often
thought there should be a passenger safety training certificate of
some sort that one could qualify for. (I'd pay my own way even)

This would certainly enhance safety, but probably not enough to
justify its cost. Also, airlines are extremely skittish about
anything that might remind customers of the possibility of accidents.
They'd prefer that passengers forget that possibility and tend only to
do what the law requires.

I think everyone would be a bit safer if there was some number of
passengers familiar with the general safety equopment on any given
flight.

How would you ensure that this were the case?

Unrelated requirement: If you can't free lift your carry-on over your
head unaided and stuff it in the bin in one clean movement, you have
to check it or shove it under the seat in front of you. I imagine
we're all frustrated with those 5' tall people weighing 75 pounds
schlepping a 90 pound carryon that they end up needing two of their
freinds and a step-ladder to get the bleeping thing into the overhead.

The heaviest luggage I've ever used was a very large suitcase that
weighed in at around 24 kg (it was filled with a lot of books, which
weigh a lot). What would you put in a carryon that would make it
weight 90 pounds?

Comedic exaggeration, it's very heavy.

I was speaking more of those obviously overweight bags sometimes
carried by people that can barely move them on wheels let alone hoist
them overhead. I did one time see some petite lass with a humungous
"carry on" and it did take her and two of her friends to get it in the
overhead (all were petite.) I honestly think the bag weighed as much
as she did. it took them nearly five minutes to accomplish this and
held up boarding accordingly.

Despite all the pious words from the airlines and even TSA, I still
see people hauling on two or even three enormous roll-ons/duffles/body
bags that wouldn't fit into the "bag tester" with a hydraulic ram and
a running start and I do confess that bugs the hell out of me,
especially as it seems like these are always the latecomers who have
to run up and down the aisle to find places to shove everything.

Jim P.

wrote:

Despite all the pious words from the airlines and even TSA, I still
see people hauling on two or even three enormous roll-ons/duffles/body
bags that wouldn't fit into the "bag tester" with a hydraulic ram and
a running start

Chuckle

and I do confess that bugs the hell out of me,
especially as it seems like these are always the latecomers who have
to run up and down the aisle to find places to shove everything.

Me too. I carefully stick to the rules, try to take as little as possible...
my legal bag is usually mostly empty. It's just to hold the laptop in its
wraparound neoprene cover, and my on-plane toothbrush and face cream and
stuff. And people cart on these whopping bags and duty free bags and all
kinds of crap and expect to find places to put it. Bugger 'em.


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