Originally Posted by
catocony
Guys, it's really not worth it to even comment on that article beyond it's stupidity. Of course you can get up and get things out of the overhead during a flight. Any suggestion by anyone that you can't, or that you need to ask permission, or have an FA get it for you, is 100% ridiculous.
The suggestion seems to be that by doing so, you may be engaging in what some might regard as suspicious behavior, and we all know the potential consequences for that.