%0 Conference Paper %B 36th Annual Conference, San Diego, California, May 9-12 %D 1977 %T 1155. Carry-on Baggage Review %A McCarty, J R %K 01. Aircraft Loading - General %X In the fall of 1976 United Airlines undertook a review of the carry-on baggage situation. General concern was accelerated by FAA questions concerning the effect of a carry-on baggage rack in some of our airplanes. Though several peripheral questions were raised by the study the basic findings, concerning carry-on baggage, appear to be we1l founded and the validity of the survey data has not been questioned. The industry standard, established i n 1958 and reviewed in 1965, is a carry-on allowance of 5 pounds per passenger based on 0.40 bags per passenger a t 12.3 pounds per bag. The results of our 1976/77 survey show a requirement for 12.6 pounds per passenger based on 1.19 bags per passenger at 10.58 pounds per bag. In another sense whereas approximately 36% of the passengers carried in 1958, we now find about 80% carrying. %B 36th Annual Conference, San Diego, California, May 9-12 %I Society of Allied Weight Engineers, Inc. %C San Diego, California %P 10 %8 5/9/77 %G eng %U https://www.sawe.org/papers/1155/buy %9 1. AIRCRAFT LOADING - GENERAL %M 1155 %1 Non-Member Price: $20.00; Member Price: $10.00 Members: First 10 product downloads are Free. %2 10.00 %3 20 %4 SAWE1155