Originally Posted by
lensman
I have seen this be a problem for two reasons:
1. I have seen people not be able to get their bag into the overhead the right way because of height and not be able to rotate it due to height. It sounds crazy but I have seen this.
2. Passenger blocks the aisle for 5 minutes trying to get their bag in.
Of course, I am talking about getting the "maximum number of rollaboards" in a bin-a hypothetical goal.
If a bag is too thick to fit, then it would be 4-5 inches bigger than the sizer and be a real outlier. The primary abusers with overly thick bags have been flight crew IME. On my flight a few days ago, I saw a deadheading FA with two rollaboards, one of which was at least 15" thick. She did have a hard time jamming it in the overhead correctly-positioned, so I lent my assistance and got it done.