Originally Posted by highupinthesky

I agree, but often it's the passengers who are stupid. I very often see passengers put everything in the overhead when everyone, who fly more than twice a year and can put 2 and 2 together, knows that when the gate is crowded you are properly on a full flight, and there are therefore not enough room in the overhead for all the luggage, so you need to put something under your seat.

A couple of week ago I saw a young couple with a kid put their backpacks in the overhead. They were offcourse complaining when they were asked to put one of them under the seat. During the 1 hour flight they properly went to the overhead 10-15 times to find something for the kid or them self.

Personally I always travel with carry-on only, as it saves me from waiting half an hour for my bags, and i don't risk loosing it or it getting smashed. If there is a chance it's an full flight, my suitcase and coat goes into the overhead. Everything else goes under the seat in front of me.