Originally Posted by
mgcsinc
But see, that's precisely the problem! People think "hey, there's an issue with carry-ons," see United "doing something" about it, and rejoice. It makes no sense. Targeting the bag issue with idiotic sizers is about as effective as fighting gang crime by upping jaywalking enforcement.
It seems to me that a very large percentage of people use roller bags of some sort. There are a minority of people with special requirements, for example hanging bags that are folded in half that will not fit in the sizer but are still compliant. I would rather that GAs be trained to treat these latter items as exceptions, than to ignore the problem all together and allow people to bring anything that they can drag to the gate and have 10% of other people's smaller bags not fit.
I guess this wasn't an issue when airlines didn't charge for checked bags, but it is what it is and I guess we have to live with the revenue model of modern airlines.
Originally Posted by
LaserSailor
Just to clarify, two rollers are fine IF at least one fits in the personal item size AND at least one fits in the carry-on sizer.
Yes, you're right - more precisely I saw several people recently with a "big" roller and a slightly smaller roller that was not at all "personal" or briefcase size. It was just a matter of their bringing a huge amount of stuff on-board, to the detriment of others - ie: clearly selfish behavior.