Originally Posted by
tommyleo
There has been many reports on this board that sometimes the GA's begin to gate check bags too early..
Don't know if it's still in effect, but there was a program of starting to gate check larger carry-on bags - i.e. wouldn't fit under the seat - once a certain number of passengers had boarded. While I don't remember the number, it was something like 2/3 or 3/4 of capacity.
The theory was that on average that percentage of passengers would fill the overhead bins. Obviously not every group of passengers meets the average. On some flights the bins would fill before that percentage boarded while on other flights there would be bin space open on a full flight.
Jim