Originally Posted by
Paulakers2010
I would do it in a heartbeat.
MIA-DFW early morning flight. Couple of Y pax put their bags on while I was boarding right behind them, so I saw them blatantly doing it. Not only do they fear there is no space at the back, but they also want the maximum comfort to grab the bag in front instead of going to the back of the cabin by themselves. I talked to the FA immediately about the Y pax put the bag in. They ended up paging the Y pax to remove the bag by themselves. Saw the walk of shame of them back and forth.
I don't know how a GA can prevent someone from getting the bag on the overhead space in F.
I cannot take it anymore about such a blatant baggage abuse.
Me too, and I've done it multiple times - I don't what the fuss is about. If a Y customer is putting bags in F (without direction from the FA), then by all means call a FA.
I remember a hilarious story posted years back (I think on the CO board) where someone met with a similar situation with an arrogant Kettle and an uncaring FA just pulled the offending bag out of the overhead, told the other FA to gate check it, and then put their bag up in F where they were seated.
Voila - both bag and problem gone.