Originally Posted by
cjparker0110
Continental Express pretty much only allows for a back pack or small duffle to fit...because these can go under the seat. Their overhead compartment will not hold even the smallest size hard rolling suitcase. The bag in question here is plenty small enough to be a carry-on...it's just not small enough to be taken on COex. On any COex flight, you can guarantee finding about 20 people or so standing around waiting for their gate checked luggage.
Any regional jet on any airline...it's not a CoEx issue...it's just a function of the fuselage size on these planes.
A couple of days ago I did a day trip from NYC to DTW.
In the morning I flew DL JFK-DTW on a CRJ-50, then my return was a charming late night DTW-IAD-JFK on UA
The final leg was on a Mesa CRJ-200 whose interior would have appeared tattered on Aeroflot in the final days of the Soviet Union. We arrived in driving rain and high winds (amazingly, though, we were early) and when we disembarked, the fa announced that, because of the weather, all gate checked bags would have to be picked up at baggage claim.
I was certainly glad my back pack did not have to be gate checked...