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Everyone boards the plane through the cargo deck and stows away their own luggage on racks equipped with nets. Flights of stairs lead to the main deck. During the flight, the cargo deck is locked for safety reasons.
The advantage: No more checking in/ waiting for luggage would shave off at least
30 min of journey time. Imagine the economic implications of this especially on short haul flights.
Obviously this would only work for wide-body aircraft. To avoid a pile-up the aircraft is boarded/unboarded in stages and the cargo deck is divided into 3 manageable sections. Should still work faster than the conveyor belt system.
Self-Stowed Luggage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IL-86
"Passengers board on the lower deck via the integrated airstairs and stow their own baggage, before proceeding upstairs to their seats, allowing the Il-86 to operate from airfields without any facilities" [Teh Muffin Man, Jul 06 2007]
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Sorry, but stowing luggage is a job for the loadmaster. On a passenger or cargo plane, with as much luggage as passengers bring on planes, weight and balance are important issues to be considered. If you just let everybody stash their own luggage, you'll end up with uneven weight distribution, which can cause tremendous, dangerous problems during take-off and landing. |
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I've seen a plane take off (or rather, try to take off) and as soon as the nose landing gear left the ground, it stood up on it's tail and crashed before it got fully off the ground because the rear fuselage fuel tanks were full, while the forward tanks were nearly empty. A simple oversight, but an expensive and dangerous one. I've also seen planes do a barrel-roll and snap a wing off on the ground because the fuel tanks in that wing were more full than the tanks in the other wing. |
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Cargo plays just as important a roll in the balance of an aircraft, and it requires specialized training to ensure the weight is distributed properly. |
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This is also why passengers are assigned seats, so you don't end up with more weight on one side/end of the plane than the other. |
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Already baked. Check out the 1st link. |
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