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Old Dec 21, 2013, 10:18 am
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Originally Posted by KevinDTW
Not arguing with you, but isn't that something like a cab driver loading up the back seat of the cab with his own stuff and then expecting the paying customer to squeeze in around it?
Analogies never work. It's nothing like a cab driver loading up his fare's space.

Bottom line here is that people who think that the OH space above their seat is assigned to them are simply wrong. Bigger issue is that crew schedules are premised on their having carry-on only and thus, carrier policies (which translate into FAA enforcement) don't apply. A crew assigned to fly AAA-BBB on Aircraft #1 and then BBB-CCC on Aircraft #2, are expected to physically transfer at BBB between the two aircraft. Until the inbound crew are onboard the outbound aircraft, the outbound can't board and certainly can't move.

Second, some of the items schlepped by crew are required of them. While this may be old-fashioned, it is what it is.
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