Comments on: Ban the bins? http://www.elliott.org/the-travel-critic/ban-the-bins/ Consumer advocate Christopher Elliott's site. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Carver http://www.elliott.org/the-travel-critic/ban-the-bins/comment-page-1/#comment-46357 Carver Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:24:32 +0000 http://beta.elliott.org/photos/ban-the-bins/#comment-46357 As usual, some well meaning but utterly clueless folks want to use a sledgehammer to solve a problem that requires a scalpel @Chris "It doesn’t take a mathematician to extrapolate that the number of UFO-related injuries in the United States is vast." ------------------ Or perhaps it does @Chris Robison estimates that 12 people a day are hurt by falling carry-ons. ---------------------------- Sounds like a lot. Perhaps. Until we add a little math to the problem. US airlines carry about 650 million passengers annually. That average to about 1.8 MILLION passengers. Of that 1.8 MILLION passengers, (That's MILLION with an M) most of whom have a carryon, only 12 were injured by carryon luggage. Hardly seems like a vast number. IF we consider this to be a real problem, then obvious solutions present themselves. 1. Enforce carryon restrictions to preent injury, materials, weight etc. 2. Add better latches to prevent premature opening As usual, some well meaning but utterly clueless folks want to use a sledgehammer to solve a problem that requires a scalpel

@Chris

“It doesn’t take a mathematician to extrapolate that the number of UFO-related injuries in the United States is vast.”
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Or perhaps it does

@Chris

Robison estimates that 12 people a day are hurt by falling carry-ons.
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Sounds like a lot. Perhaps. Until we add a little math to the problem. US airlines carry about 650 million passengers annually. That average to about 1.8 MILLION passengers. Of that 1.8 MILLION passengers, (That’s MILLION with an M) most of whom have a carryon, only 12 were injured by carryon luggage. Hardly seems like a vast number.

IF we consider this to be a real problem, then obvious solutions present themselves.

1. Enforce carryon restrictions to preent injury, materials, weight etc.
2. Add better latches to prevent premature opening

]]> By: sally http://www.elliott.org/the-travel-critic/ban-the-bins/comment-page-1/#comment-46350 sally Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:54:12 +0000 http://beta.elliott.org/photos/ban-the-bins/#comment-46350 I'd say do away with the bins when airlines can guarantee that the checked luggage will arrive intact. No pilferage by employees. Until then, they can't seriously expect us to check the valuables we must travel with. I’d say do away with the bins when airlines can guarantee that the checked luggage will arrive intact. No pilferage by employees. Until then, they can’t seriously expect us to check the valuables we must travel with.

]]> By: dina g. http://www.elliott.org/the-travel-critic/ban-the-bins/comment-page-1/#comment-1350 dina g. Wed, 28 Mar 2007 22:54:11 +0000 http://beta.elliott.org/photos/ban-the-bins/#comment-1350 Air New Zealand is pretty strict about their 7 kilos only for overhead-bin luggage. I was able to get my carry-on (I hate checking luggage -- my luggage has been lost/delayed 3 times) down to 7 Kilo by putting on a few sweaters and transferring a book to my purse. If the US starts enforcing their weight restrictions, guess I'll be traveling even lighter! Air New Zealand is pretty strict about their 7 kilos only for overhead-bin luggage. I was able to get my carry-on (I hate checking luggage — my luggage has been lost/delayed 3 times) down to 7 Kilo by putting on a few sweaters and transferring a book to my purse. If the US starts enforcing their weight restrictions, guess I’ll be traveling even lighter!

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