I was booking in on the plane to Port Augusta and got pinged $43 for excess baggage, the culprit being my lap top and case which weights 15 Kg.

(You've probably witnessed the nonsense at check-in counters where passengers hold up the line to take a coat and jumper out of their bag and put them on.)

Imaging my surprise to be sitting across the aisle from a bloke who weighted 140Kg.

So here's your link to today's survey question:

Do you think airlines should weigh passengers and their baggage?

Click here to take survey

John Miller