Another AirNZ staff member explained something similar to what TightSlot mentioned about injuries carrying buggies up and down stairs - but, honestly, this has to be bollocks. All parents (some of whom are presumably airline employees) carry buggies up and down stairs constantly. The typical travelling buggy weighs 7 or 8 kg - i.e. about the same as any other piece of carry-on. SQ, EZY and Swiss staff handle them without complaint and apparently without injury - are they supermen/women?
Depends on the buggy and the amount of sh1t the parents leave in it, so it won't fold up properly - then half way down the very steep stairs decided it's going to open itself up - and having the buggy in one hand and holding on for life with the other - thats when it's dangerous !!. If I'm ever in that situation - guess which hand is letting go of what
Those Mclaren buggies are probably the best we get regularly, even come with a shoulder strap for easier carrying, but I see no reason why any parent needs those buggies with the bicycle tyres on tme - what really is the purpose of them ?
Do you place your child in them at the top of a large hill and then let go ?. These things can weigh much more than 8kgs - more around 10-12kgs at a guess. These buggies are nothing more than a fashion statement - no doubt owned by the "Chelsea Tractor" brigade who just because then can - DO. Also doe the owners of these contraptions also realise that the air has to be let out of the tyres before they are loaded as happens with a real bicycle ? as I never see a pump to blow them back up again at the other end !!.
Gibon2,
If only everyone was like that. We took 12 buggies up the other day on 1 flight, and could hardly even get through the door for the scrum of parents trying to rip them out of our hands !!
