Originally Posted by
relangford
If you "wear" a backpack, don't keep it on your back, especially on smaller aircraft - carry it. Yes, I am a grumpy old man, but one with a serious neck injury.
If I've got a backpack as a carry on, I always flip it around on the jet bridge so that I'm wearing it on my chest - the stylish kangaroo look- when I get on the plane in order to greatly decrease the odds of hitting someone in the head.