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Old Dec 31, 2017 | 11:27 am
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Originally Posted by nd2010
Originally Posted by txflyer77
That sounds very hard.

How would the airline even know which passengers have items in the overhead?
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the airline wouldn't, but the passengers would.
What's the incentive for the passenger to cooperate here?

How many people with a bag overhead will suddenly be flying with no carry-on since they know they can get off sooner?

The incentive is to cheat the rules in your scenario.
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