In the real airline world (i.e. outside the USA) - sizers work perfectly fine.

Try taking anything larger than a medium roller onto a Qantas or Virgin flight in coach here for the last 5 years, and it will NOT get on past the BP reader staff .. period.

7 kilos - 15 lbs is IT for weight as well.

Works fine here and in most of Europe and other civilised places.

We were on an IAD-LAX yesterday which was a 100% full 3 cabin 767.

I swear it took FIFTEEN minutes, and a half dozen PA announcements for all the boofheads moving house as usual via UA to get the absurd amount of carry-on sorted.

This nonsense held us up, and held all others up. You are booking with UNITED, not U-HAUL.

US airlines were a nightmare for insane amounts of carry on BEFORE charging the Kettles to check them, so clearly what we now have is entirely a mess of their own making.

Enforce the sizer, the 7 kg, and charge $100 to gate check and all this hassle will vanish - as it has for other more sensible carriers.

I am in the LAX RCC now, and some turkey just walked past me hauling half his house stacked in bags on top of each other, that he'll start trying to fit into some plane soon.

Planes will leave on time a LOT more often.

Glen
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