The seats are assigned. People have been standing in line for 15 minutes now. Why on earth would anyone want to stand there, when they could just sit and wait until the line clears?

I understand wanting to get off a plane ASAP, but boarding? You just end up sitting on the plane, waiting for everyone else to get on.

  • @SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
    27•7 months ago

    The real answer. I sometimes have a laptop in my carry on. I’ll be fucked if I’m going to hand it over to the savages on the tarmac.

    • @dingus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8•7 months ago

      A lot of airlines nowadays seem to charge extra for a carry on than they do a checked bag. So I tend to bring one checked bag and one small backpack that can fit under the seat, which isn’t classified as a carry on.

      • @SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
        11•7 months ago

        Yup yup, carry on and personal item. You can live for a week out of that. Plus no wait at the baggage claim, and no risk of the airline stealing or breaking your stuff.

    • @Aceticon@lemmy.world
      8•7 months ago

      If you have it in a backpack you can put it under the seat in front of you unless you’re in a front seat or one next to an overwing emergency exit.

      This is all officially allowed and I’ve used it plenty of times.

        • @villainy@lemmy.world
          3•7 months ago

          Once I’m in the air my backpack goes from under the seat to under my knees. Then I can stick my feet under the seat for that extra few inches of stretch. It’s not a whole lot but it does help.

        • @hikaru755@feddit.de
          5•7 months ago

          That’s only for cabin luggage. In checked luggage, Lithium Ion batteries are completely banned. If a battery bursts into flames in the cabin, it can be handled with hopefully minimal damage. You do not want that to happen in the belly of the plane packed in closely between everyone else’s luggage with no way of getting it contained until the planes lands.

          • @Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            2•7 months ago

            Well no because it depends on the airline.
            I just checked an airline (Lufthansa) and they allow it for checked luggage up to 100Wh though do not recommend it.
            Anything 100-160wh requires a permit from Lufthansa.

            • @hikaru755@feddit.de
              2•7 months ago

              Interesting, that seems kinda unsafe to me. The one I checked was Ryanair, they fully prohibit batteries in checked luggage

              • @Catsrules@lemmy.ml
                3•7 months ago

                No that is saying all spare uninstalled batteries

                Spare (uninstalled) lithium ion and lithium metal batteries, including power banks and cell phone battery charging cases, must be carried in carry-on baggage only.

                Here is it talking about built in

                https://www.faa.gov/hazmat/packsafe/portable-electronic-devices-with-batteries

                When portable electronic devices powered by lithium batteries are in checked baggage, they must be completely powered off and protected to prevent unintentional activation or damage.

                Sounds like it is ok as long as they are powered off.

                • @KevonLooney@lemm.ee
                  1•7 months ago

                  I read that page too. They also say:

                  Devices containing lithium metal or lithium ion batteries (laptops, smartphones, tablets, etc.) should be carried in carry-on baggage

                  So it’s not “ok”, but they probably don’t want to deal with arresting people for it.

                  • @Catsrules@lemmy.ml
                    2•7 months ago

                    Yeah but at the end it said

                    Most consumer personal electronic devices containing batteries are allowed in carry-on and checked baggage, including but not limited to cell phones, smart phones, data loggers, PDAs, electronic games, tablets, laptop computers, cameras, camcorders, watches, calculators, etc. This covers typical dry cell batteries, lithium metal, and lithium ion batteries for consumer electronics (AA, AAA, C, D, button cell, camera batteries, laptop batteries, etc.)

                    So it seems like they would prefer them to be on a carry-on but there isn’t a rule against it.

              • @Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                0•7 months ago

                Okay, I am willing to argue:
                German Luftfahr Bundesamt (Federal Airfare) allows up to 100Wh of Li-Ion in checked baggage: https://www.lba.de/DE/Luftfahrtunternehmen/Gefahrgut/Passagierinformation/Passagiergepaeck/Elektronische_Geraete.html

                Both hand and checked baggage:

                In jedem Fall (ob aufgegebenes oder Handgepäck) ist aber zu beachten, dass jede Batterie dabei die folgenden Grenzwerte nicht überschreiten darf:

                Bei Lithium-Metall-Batterien, ein Lithiumgehalt von 2 Gramm.
                Lithium-Ionen-Batterien eine Nennenergie von 100 Wh

                Anything else you wanna argue is not true?

                Also Lufthansa: Baggage battery restrictions.pdf
                And Eurowings: Restrictions dangerous goods
                Condor prohibits anything more than a smartphone: Condor restrictions

                Anyway I think I made my point: It depends on the airline.
                So go check with them if you travel!