Originally Posted by
firespirit
IME it's the men travelling alone with a big roller bag and who refuse to put their laptop and/or jacket under the seat in front of them that utilize more overhead space than warranted.
If I'm travelling with my kids I'm minimizing the amount of crap I have to manuver through the airport. The car seats are already a significant portion of that bulk and those go in the seat. We have backpacks that go under the seats and maybe one medium duffel bag that goes in the overhead between the 4 to 7 of us.
Those traveling with young children seem to make greater use of the under-seat space than the business traveling men using the overhead bin in the same rows, with the exception of perhaps comparing those in the bulkhead seats. Overhead bin space doesn't get hogged up as much by families with young children as it does by others.