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US Airlines Say Smaller Carry-Ons Are Not In the Cards

Posted by samzenpus on from the go-big-or-go-home dept.

New submitter callgen writes: Airlines for America, a trade group for U.S. carriers, has rejected proposed international standards for carry-on bags. Last week, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced an initiative to "optimize" airlines' accommodation of carry-on bags by suggesting a new standard luggage size. It suggested a standard of 55cm x 35cm x 19cm, 58% of the size that Southwest allows. Most standard carry-ons are larger than IATA's recommendations, meaning travelers would have to purchase new luggage if the smaller size was adopted.

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  1. Re: What are... by O('_')O_Bush · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I think we Americans enjoy the Imperial system so much because of how upset it makes NonAmericans that we use a completely fucking arbitrary set of measures instead of THEIR completely arbitrary set of measures, and we haven't been peer pressured into adopting the other arbitrary set of measures in 100+ years.

    And as for that bullshit about logical units your science teacher told you, here is the historical definition of a metre before being redefines to be more precise but just as arbitrary in 1983:

    "1 â„ 10,000,000 of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole measured on the circumference through Paris."

    And the candela:

    "The candlepower, which is based on the light emitted from a burning candle of standard properties."

    And now the Imperial units are pegged to the redefined Metric ones anyways.

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