That is fantastic. Congrats! Proves that my expectations aren't even unrealistic. ATX usually gets that time, too. OTOH, I once waited for more than 35 minutes at a tiny provincial airport in Germany. And we are supposed to be efficient. ROTFL!

Loren, I love the water barrier idea. And the decoy idea is even better. Wouldn't you like to get an authentic government issued Rolex or pearl necklace for your personal use? Nice!

Fragile things? There is hardly anything that wouldn't survive a checked trip in a Pelican case. There are some things that might be too big for a P case but those would also be too big for carry on.

Medicine? Not sure if there is medicine that takes up so much space that it doesn't fit in a max size carry-on bag or even a personal bag. If you really have to bring 1000 ampules you just need to pack less cloths.

Remember, I am not saying no carry-ons should be allowed. I am just prioritizing how the space is used. I think the combination of your tag solution with my priority ranking would give a decent (if not perfect) result that a majority of passengers could actually agree on; or at least better as the 50-50 mentality that seems to prevail so far.

As you say, coats may get crumpled one way or another but the best position is still on top of the bags in the bin. If you read my Platinum 5 review, you will see that I bought that case also because it has a very convenient place for my coat.

As an art historian and collector I can understand the pax wasn't too happy someone touched his artwork. It's like babies to us. Oftentimes we spend all our money on the work itself and then don't have any left for professional packaging (which is ridiculously expensive by the way). It might be better and very much appreciated if instead you were extremely civil and said: Looks like a fragile artwork. It will be best to put that on top of our bags. Would you like to handle it or shall I do it?

I'd be overjoyed to get such a considerate co-passenger.