Stupid. Stupid. And more stupid.

This is a business decision, not a government decision.

If an airline wants to deal with a larger, smaller, or no carryon, it is their business.

We are allowing the airlines the easy way out. The recent carryon increase is due to the implementation of checked baggage fees.

Now that checked baggage is down, I'm sure that the revenue intake is not where it was projected to be, and at least one of the airlines wants to drive $$ back into carryon fees.

Who wants to bet that one or more airlines lobbied congress to help them out with their revenue in these troubled times? Someone is too timid to enforce their own rules because they just might chase business away to a more accommodating competitor.

Much easier to blame it on a "TSA Regulation". Some of the FAs have been spouting this line for a long time.

Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.