Hard side luggage and spinner wheels
05-21-2025 | 05:17 PM
#12
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From: A320 FO
Some hotels have even thicker carpet in their hallways. It's maddening.
05-25-2025 | 05:55 PM
#13
Disinterested Third Party
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I remember years ago when major airline pilots frequently ridiculed pilots with a backpack. I see a lot of backpacks on j-hooks these days. Apparently the snobbery lost its edge.
05-26-2025 | 06:02 PM
#14
Not home.
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From: Captain
Rimowa and Briggs & Riley. Waaaay more durable than any POS Luggage Works. Plus the after-purchase support blows away LW.
I don't GAF what some anti-backpack, fat bastard, wide-bodied captain thinks. I hit up commercial gyms and hike when on the road, so a backpack is a necessity.
I don't GAF what some anti-backpack, fat bastard, wide-bodied captain thinks. I hit up commercial gyms and hike when on the road, so a backpack is a necessity.
05-27-2025 | 07:15 AM
#15
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Airlines are cracking down on carry on luggage size. The Spinner wheel bags in order to meet the 22 inch height limit have less interior space. Watched a pilot commuting in uniform this weekend get sent to the size wise at American. He appeared unhappy!
05-27-2025 | 07:18 AM
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Rimowa and Briggs & Riley. Waaaay more durable than any POS Luggage Works. Plus the after-purchase support blows away LW.
I don't GAF what some anti-backpack, fat bastard, wide-bodied captain thinks. I hit up commercial gyms and hike when on the road, so a backpack is a necessity.
I don't GAF what some anti-backpack, fat bastard, wide-bodied captain thinks. I hit up commercial gyms and hike when on the road, so a backpack is a necessity.
08-18-2025 | 08:22 PM
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08-19-2025 | 08:15 PM
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From: Engines Turn or People Swim
The spinner wheels are not large enough or robust enough to handle off-roading. They'll fail in short order, and then you're back to 1985... when real men carried a suitcase in one hand and 30 lbs of flight manuals and paper charts in the other. They could skip shoulder day at the gym.
