Originally Posted by
Gringa
Every flight where I’m in an aisle seat I get whacked in the head with a backpack by a passenger boarding who turns around to make a comment to the person behind him/her. This happens as more and more people are not checking bags and the backpacks are stuffed to the gills. And BTW, It occurs when I’m not hanging over in the aisle either.
That issue is easily solved by proactively keeping one's arm up during boarding. More than once I have blocked someone's carry on. I do the same when walking through the airport, except it being ready to throw up an elbow into a person about to walk into me because their face is in their cell phone. With both the usual comment is "pay attention."