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Originally Posted by chrisgagne
Bilingual, the only explanation for your reply is that you're an ambulance-chasing trial lawyer who saw my thread title and was disappointed that it did not, in fact, deliver a recoverable action for you to feast upon. Why else would you spend time on these forums over the holidays to post similarly-helpful retorts for several complainants on a variety of carriers? Hmm? Did I nail it?
It's not a matter of space. As I mentioned earlier, the bag was small but dense. It would have easily fit under the seat in front of me, and it was smaller than most of the bags I brought on. In fact, I had no complaints from every other carrier I flew with in the last few weeks, from South African Air, Botswana Air, Aegean Air, and a small Botswanan carrier. I flew in everything from jumbo jets to 24-passenger prop planes to a bloody Cessna and not one person complained or commented. In fact, the only reason why VA even had reason to mention something about my bag is the fact that they weighed each and every carry-on prior to the check-in line (presumably in an attempt to recover fuel costs?). I'm aware of airlines checking bag size occasionally and I agree that this is reasonable given the limited carry-on luggage space (though it's never happened to me), but in all my years I've never encountered an airline that weighed every carry-on at check in.
Finally, I could have easily put the stuff into two bags; 10kg and 7kg, easily meeting the 1 carry-on item plus one backpack, purse, laptop conditions. And if you tell me that the 10kg bag was 3kg too much and that the $454 penalty was well-deserved (as did the VA ground crew), well buddy, you really need to find a new hobby besides kicking other people when they're down.
And if you're a trial lawyer, please die a sad, lonely death from a heart attack in the rain on a sidewalk, passed on by every on-looker who is too afraid to help you for fear of getting sued in this litigious society you and your blood-sucking ilk helped to create.
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Regarding your obscure allegations, i can inform you i have been working at a major airport as analyst, and i know that a lot of airlines are trying to extort their customers and are of no use when things go wrong.
But your complaint is ridiculous, i found it likewise stupid that i had to pay a fine, because i bicycled across a deserted street for a red light, but i nevertheless broke the law.
The same goes for you, you should have checked the carry-on baggage allowance, and send the expensive equipment by courier when you realized you were not allowed to bring 17kg equipment on board, you only have yourself to blame.
The limitation of carry-on is not only due to the size but also to the weight, if you enter adverse weather 17 kg can cause a lot of damage whether its placed on the floor or falls out of the cabin. But a guess in such case, you would blame the airline for letting you carry the heavy equipment on board...