Originally Posted by
flyupfront
My bag is small and easily fits above the seats on the starboard side.
Envoy has the same rule for the E140/145. The size is not the issue, it's the wheels.
I was flying a lot of those flights when the rule went into effect. The story I got was they had a lot of broken bins and delayed/canceled flights because of people who insisted that their 'not-full-size' roller bag would fit just fine. Until it didn't. So, they made a simple rule: if it has wheels, it goes in the back, no exceptions. And, for the record, I carried on a max-legal shoulder bag plenty of times and no one ever said a word, since it didn't have wheels. Getting the FA to put it in the closet was another matter altogether. /rolleyes (ETA: It fit into the bins just fine, it was just hard to find a spot if you were tight on a connection and one of the last people to board.)