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Old Sep 16, 2004 | 5:44 pm
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A Dread of Bulkhead Overhead on TED

Our first flight on TED a few days ago (LAX-LAS) was fine, except for a lack of overhead space for Row 1 in particular. There's no storage for the crew up front, so the first 2 1/2 overheads were taken up by the crew's baggage and some electronic black boxes (not sure what they are - IFE?).

As 1Ks we were the first ones to board... well, other than two deadheading pilots who had pre-boarded and took up the rest of the first couple of overheads. They at least looked abashed and muttered something about helping us retrieve our carryons from Row 3 at the end of the flight. I suppose the domino effect carries right to the back. The return flight a few days later was almost as crowded, overhead-wise.

FWIW if and when we fly TED in future I think we'll aim for Row 3 to avoid having to swim upstream to retrieve our carryons.

My apologies if this has already been discussed but I couldn't find it in a search, and I think it's worth a mention.

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