Originally Posted by
dcpatti
I believe non-revs flying for official purposes (i.e. positioning crew) get preferential treatment WRT overhead bin space, since they need their crew manuals on their assigned working flights and are not supposed to check them.
Something else that may have changed since I retired...
At that time, must rides were supposed to have their bags handled differently - loaded last and and unloaded first. The baggage handlers were supposed to get the bags from the jetway then return them ASAP to the jetway at the destination.
A lot of crew members ignored the policy and took their baggage on board. You may have noticed crew members boarding before passenger boarding began. Some of that is so the overheads will be empty.
Jim