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The last large airline to NOT charge for checked bags in the USA, Southwest airlines, has switched to charging for bags.

Oddly the ones that have the best outcome for the deplaning scenario from this bad situation of paid checked bags are the ones that also charge for carry ons like Spirit or Frontier in the USA. So there is an incentive to NOT bring a carry on because you'll be charged for it and instead just pay to check a bag (which has more capacity).

Not GP, but I get free checked bags with “priority” (so they show up first) and pretty much only check a bag. Sometimes I just check a small carryon item.

I carry a backpack with my laptop and other electronics on the plane and that’s it.

Dude why do you think the airlines are in a hurry? Lol

Everything they do is slow and behind schedule. They do not care, they already have your money. It doesn't save them anything to deboard a couple minutes faster.

Edit: I could probably list several things they could do to for sure save time but they don't do because again, they already have your money

Most likely, they pay something like $5/lb of lost luggage, which is not nearly enough

I was lucky to eventually get the lost bags instead of a useless payment when my bags were lost

Hunched over trying to stretch out my painful sciatic nerve issues because I've spent hours in an uncomfortable cramped seat

When did that change occur? I took a flight in July with SW and first bag was still free.

What fucking line? What are you queueing for? Is there a Bruno Mars concert at the other end of the jetway or something?

If I'm ready to get off the plane and there's room for me to leave me seat, I'm getting off the plane. I'm not waiting to consult with you to make sure it's "my turn" to enter the fucking airport.

There is a faster method of deplaning. Inside-out is faster. All the aisle seats get their stuff and get off. Then middle, then window

Unfortunately it was never implemented because it makes it difficult to charge extra for higher class zones. It's also very difficult to get people to actually do it

I use that phrase all the time and I'm not a terrible driver. In fact, I rarely drive at all. I work from home and live in a walkable area. So yeah, literally if everyone drove like me, there would be less traffic.

During covid it was so good. They actually called the lines which can leave the plane so we all left in an orderly fashion.

It would also split up people who are travelling together, so there's no way it's happening.

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So you're one of the selfish dickheads. Cool.

That would slow down boarding exponentially. It just takes one or two assholes to need to have flight attendants stationed throughout the entire cabin making sure people use their bins.

Rule of thumb: if you are anything past the first peasant boarding group, look ahead. If things look crowded? Find the first mostly empty bin and just put your bag up there so that you can grab it on your way out. Otherwise you are gambling that there will be an opening closer to where you actually sit which inevitably is five rows behind you.

And that (and lounge access and not needing to manage miles for status) is why I ended up just getting the fancy credit card for my airline group of choice. Priority boarding means it doesn't matter where I sit: I have "my" bin.

It's not skipping the line, it's waiting longer until there's a time where you don't hold it up and allow others to pass.

I am so confused by this thread and this comment might take the cake. It just feels like we're all speaking different languages and none of them have anything to do with the original post. People are slow was the point. But the whole thread is people changing the subject in ways that make me say "... what ?". Did I accidentally ingest hard drugs this morning or what?

The luggage problem has only got worse and worse over the past decade, and by the airlines' own making. Carriers all started trying to make extra cash by charging for checked luggage, which incentivises people to take carry-on only, up to the maximum size and quantity of carry-on they are permitted.

If bags could be checked for free and people took only an under-seat carry-on for the things they need in flight it wouldn't be a problem, but we know that's never going to happen.

this is accurate except for the bit about United - who the fuck flies United? don't people know that they break guitars?

I want the safety announcement at the start of the flight to say:

"You are in a flying metal coffin. Now imagine this coffin filling with smoke and fire. This plane only passes safety regulations because we simulated unboarding it with everyone behaving perfectly, leaving all of their crap behind. In an emergency, you MUST leave your stuff behind. Your life depends on it. The lives of everyone around you depend on it. If you see someone trying to take stuff with them, you MUST use whatever level of force is necessary to stop them. Even lethal force is justified. You must be prepared to tear someone to pieces if they don't leave their stuff behind. The lives of you and your family depend on the asshole in front of you letting their laptop burn."

That's the kind of boarding announcement I want to hear!

The selfish dickheads are the ones who get their panties in a wad when people get off the plane before them