Originally Posted by
steve64
No, the smaller of your items should be under the seat in front of you.
I travel light yet have been blasted by other passengers for having my backpack in the overhead. People asking "whose backpack is this ?" then informing me I should put it under the seat (to make room for their oversized bag). I just point to my netbook case already under the seat. That usually earns me a dirty look, even though I'm the one who is travelling smart and obeying the rules.
Steve
I respectfully disagree. If you bring ONE item on board, my opinion is that your are entitled to place that one item in the bin above.
If you bring two items, I bleieve that you shoudl out of courtesy, place the smaller of the two under the seat (bulkheaders exempted of course).
If you bring three, you should be told to check one. If you bring something on board that won't fit, then you should have checked it. If you are not sitting in first, the closet isn't for your oversized hanging bag and the overhead in front of the curtain may well be convenient, but it isn't for you either.
We need a few more FAs with a sense of humor and a backbone. Last night JFK-SAN by the time we got to Zone 3, they were already bringing bags from the back to the front to gate check. Some of these suckers where huge.