Originally Posted by
ATOBTTR
And why should I bother checking my roll-a-board then if I'm going to be forced to put my "personal item" under my seat anyway?
You tell me which you prefer:
1) I check a roll-a-board suitcase and bring a "personal item" which takes up about 50-75% of the volume of the roll-a-board, and that "personal item" goes in the overhead bin, thus leaving some 25-50% of the space I could otherwise take up for other bags & space under the seat remains empty for me to stretch my legs.
2) In order to prevent people like you from telling me my personal item should go under the seat in front of me, I purposely start packing my personal item in a roll-a-board so that it CAN'T go under the seat in front of me. 100% of the space I could take up is now taken up, leaving 0% additional space.
Bingo! Forcing people who have small carry on items to lose their precious leg and foot room will only result in less space as they now put their carry on items into their luggage and take it with them on board the aircraft.
The logic of forcing people with small items to stow them and reduce their personal legroom so that somebody whose has brought on luggage that takes up two or three times more space is not inconvenienced escapes me. Especially when the guy with the small carry on items has already checked a bag he/she could have brought on board. And maybe paid to check it!!