From seatguru.com for UA CRJ-700:

"no overhead space on the A side of the aircraft."

"row 2 affords some precious [underseat] storage space unavailable to row 1."

1A is a First Class seat, with no underseat and no overhead storage space. This is a disgrace for "First Class". Perhaps neither 1A nor 2A were aware of this problem.

It is the airline's fault for not designing storage space for 1A on a CRJ-700, forcing them to use 1 C/D or 2 C/D's overhead bin space.

FA on CRJ-700 and similar planes should know this is a problem and offer for 1A to use the forward closet.

If 2A uses 1 C/D space, 1A has to use 2 C/D space or walk back to Economy and find a spot. This causes problems on deplaning, forcing forward pax to walk towards the back.

The issue is First Class Row 1 seats not having overhead bin space for every seat. Of course it is not DP's fault.
[MENTION=321411]avie[/MENTION]355 and the pax in 1A should never have been put in this situation.

Too many FC Row 1 seats have overhead bins stuffed with FA luggage, blankets, equipment, etc. Since they can't store anything underseat in front of them, they are often the worst seats on the plane for storage.