eli5: Can anyone explain why all your checked baggage isn’t weighed collectively and instead weighed individually?

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I was recently traveling and decided to check two bags in. Together, they weighed under the limit collectively, but individually one was overweight. Wouldn’t the total weight be all that matter though?

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The weight limit on luggage is for the people handling it, not for the airplane. In the US, OSHA guidelines state that anything over 50lbs is a required team lift and needs 2 people to lift it.

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