Question for you guys ... I had to fly MESA the other day (and yes, it was as bad as expected unfortunately) and had an interesting experience on the CRJ 200. It was an "almost" full flight but the FA moved passengers forward to free up the last couple rows and then brought up about 9 pieces of the green tagged luggage (the carry on they take at planeside) into the cabin and stored it in those empty rows and strapped onto those seats.

The comment the FA made was that if they hadn't done so, they would've had to kick off some passengers. That doesn't make sense to me at all. I spoke with a 767 pilot briefly today during his commute and he mentioned that the bags brought into the cabin didn't "count" and that's why they were able to get away with it.

Can someone explain how the w&b work in this situation and how the extra luggage wouldn't have just been left behind (NOT what I would want, FWIW) and the passengers fly as is versus no bags AND no passengers. Thanks.