It's not good when you describe the efforts your team is putting forth as "not a design plan, this is damage control."

Uhg. I probably should have not said that (attitude!) but it is true. And not our fault.

Hah! Another way to raise the price without raising the price. Fuel surcharges don't show up on the price comparison software until the very end, when they assume you will just suck it up, and now luggage fees that probably don't get assessed until you get to the airport.

They probably are hoping that everyone else decides to do the same thing. After all, virtually all the airlines went with the fuel surcharges rather than including it into the ticket prices...

Jessica, probably not, because otherwise in certain high speed sports, such as baseball and luge, people would get hurt a lot more often. How much visual time do you have to hit fastball? Or to adjust a luge run so you don't go flying? In those scenarios, 1/10 of second counts...

I would guess that your body takes into account the 1/10 of a second lag, and it gets built into the reaction time.

I'm totally down with airlines charging for more than one checked bag, but I'm extremely grumpy at the idea of paying for one suitcase.

And I have often been whacked on the head by baggage, which is why I always go for the window seat.

Right, that's what the RPI engineer is saying, that our brain is projecting 1/10 of second into the future, rather than we reacting to events 1/10 of second in the past.

Or people who carry sixty-three bags down the aisle and bonk into people as they walk by all the rows.

The people who think golf clubs are their "personal item," and have a suitcase to carry on, TOO.

Pssst, it's OK to murder people who are teasing you about something you really, really care about, right?

(StupidFuckingPeopleAlmostCausingHeartAttacks)

They can't possibly think that's a good idea. I mean, dude, that would put me off ever flying American again.

Unless all of the airlines start this bullshit. Charging for a second bag, I can see, but one bag? It's going to be a nightmare, with people now always taking carryon. I hate to check, so I do carryon. It started to be an issue with overhead space for a while, but then with the TSA restrictions, people stopped carrying on as much, so it was fine. Ugh. and there's nothing I hate more than some woman who stands in the aisle and looks pitiful because she's not strong enough to put her bag up in overhead.

Pssst, it's OK to murder people who are teasing you about something you really, really care about, right?

Yes.

ION, where is my pencil?