Tiger airlines actually wanted me to check in my camera gear as it was too heavy. I told them "NO. If you think i'm going to check in 10 grand (exaggerated) worth of camera gear in only to be thrown around and lenses to be broken and possibly stolen. You must be mad. Are you going to take responsibility if anything happens?" They actually let me onto the plane with my stuff. The bag weighed in at about 14KG.