Air Jamaica Begins Worst Policy Ever

Air Jamaica effectively eliminated second bags today when they announced the dumbest airline policy since Ryanair considered charging passengers to use the bathroom.

Charging additional fees for everything from checked bags to pillows and peanuts has become modus operandi for airlines in tough times, but Air Jamaica has taken the absurdity to new heights.

On Monday, Air Jamaica started charging passengers $25 for the second checked bag on flights from New York to Grenada and Barbados, but the second checked bag won't be on their flight.

Air Jamaica will transport the first checked bag on passengers' flights, at no charge. All other bags will be transported within seven days and must be picked up at the airport, Air Jamaica said.

Here's another suggestion. Why not freight all that luggage from New York to the Florida Keys and then launch it to Grenada and Barbados using a giant catapult? That way when the policy fails miserably there would at least be the satisfaction of a splash as your personal belongings disappear into the Caribbean Sea.

Plus, you wouldn't have to wait "up to 7 days" for the splash.

If this policy was really put in place because of "weight restrictions on the plane" does that mean that the same rules apply on the return flight home? This is clearly just another case of inane boardroom decision making that has no basis in reality.