IATA new standard for the carry on bags

[Songyun]

So the recent news have IATA to set new standard for carry on bags as 55cmX35cmX20cm.

I for one hate this move, I have elite status with UA, so check-in my bag is not a problem for me. However, when I travel with cameras, I really don't want to put them in check-in bags due to possible theft or damage.

What's your opinion?

[koh303]

So the recent news have IATA to set new standard for carry on bags as 55cmX35cmX20cm.

I for one hate this move, I have elite status with UA, so check-in my bag is not a problem for me. However, when I travel with cameras, I really don't want to put them in check-in bags due to possible theft or damage.

What's your opinion?

you are carrying too much gear, or if you shoot 8X10 with which you travel, invest in a good air case.

Reading all the news can also be good:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/16/up...abt=0002&abg=0

[Sal Santamaura]

...What's your opinion?

My opinion is that commercial air travel is an obnoxious, dehumanizing experience to be avoided at almost any possible cost. It was headed in that direction before 9-11-2001 and took the final step soon after. If one cannot escape this mess, the only photographic equipment even worth consideration is small, expendable and digital. A large format sheet film system deserves more respect than to be run through this gauntlet.

Recently, I capitulated to undertaking a trip from Los Angeles to Adelaide, Sydney and Fiordland National Park with my wife. The cost of refusing (divorce? ) was greater than I wanted to pay. Although US carry-on size limits applied to the international segments, there was one domestic-only leg (Adelaide to Sydney) where Virgin Australia's maximum dimensions, which already reflect the new IATA standard, were in force. My wife tried every possible approach to get around that, but couldn't. Unwilling to purchase yet another set of luggage, which would have not been much larger anyway, we were stuck carrying on only the smaller half of our usual cabin bags, loading checked luggage right up to the maximum 50 lb. per bag limit. It was a real nuisance.

All this sunny commentary from someone who's a retiree of the United States' airliner manufacturer. I think even my wife has now seen the light, i.e. if one can't drive somewhere, don't go.

[koh303]

I think even my wife has now seen the light, i.e. if one can't drive somewhere, don't go.

It's called Amtrak...

[HMG]

I think even my wife has now seen the light, i.e. if one can't drive somewhere, don't go.

It's called Amtrak...

Not Amtrak. In Sal's case, an Amphicar.

[Sal Santamaura]

Not Amtrak. In Sal's case, an Amphicar.

I really haven't any desire to cross bodies of water, so no Amphicar is needed either.

Side note. The last few years of high school (roughly 1969 through 1971) I walked to school rather than ride the bus. Along the way was an Amphicar dealer, so I've inspected them "in the flesh." They weren't tempting then and aren't now.

[William Whitaker]

My opinion is that commercial air travel is an obnoxious, dehumanizing experience to be avoided at almost any possible cost. It was headed in that direction before 9-11-2001 and took the final step soon after. If one cannot escape this mess, the only photographic equipment even worth consideration is small, expendable and digital. A large format sheet film system deserves more respect than to be run through this gauntlet.

+1.
Commercial air travel is deplorable enough without taking ANY camera. 20 years ago I was shipping things ahead via FedEx. That was a good policy then and even better now. My last flight, last week, 4 1/2 hours cross-country, was without any carry-on at all. Nice to be unfettered, but it still was an absolutely miserable experience with last minute gate changes that required changing concourses and rushing to get to the new gate on time. Can't imagine that while dragging a LF camera and all its associated flotsam.

It's called Amtrak...

I wish. A couple of years ago I looked into Amtrak for a cross-country trip and checked baggage was not allowed, which made no sense at all to me. It was further complicated by the fact that there was not an Amtrak station near my destination and I would have to transfer to a bus to get where I wanted to go. Sounded like it was just asking for trouble! I wish the trains would come back. I've used them for shorter regional trips and generally enjoyed the ride. But baggage/cargo management with them is at least as bad as with the airlines. That leaves driving...

[Ari]

I'm with Sal on this one, I've grown to despise air travel.
What I've found, surprisingly, is that I really love a road trip, be it anywhere; I say surprising because I'd assumed that as I got older, I'd just want to get there as quickly as possible.
But the longer, slower route is the one I now prefer.

[StoneNYC]

This is scary, and upsetting, in a financial way, if they implement this, I will have to buy multiple new bags for my travel system, new expensive pelican cases that now won't fit my camera gear as well as new luggage, at least $800 invested in specific Cary-On sizes that now don't qualify... This is bogus!

[koh303]

This is scary, and upsetting, in a financial way, if they implement this, I will have to buy multiple new bags for my travel system, new expensive pelican cases that now won't fit my camera gear as well as new luggage, at least $800 invested in specific Cary-On sizes that now don't qualify... This is bogus!

you have nothing to worry about, read the link i posted above.
If you travel and shoot LF, 800$ is small money. Be prepared to spend that anyways when the cases break/lost/not work/all of the above.