Originally Posted by
warrens
Try telling that to the gate agents at Montreal the other day that forced EVERYONE in Zone 1 and Zone 2 to leave their carry-ons on the walkway for pick-up after the flight. They didn't even assess the bags, they just tagged everyone.
This was on a Dash 8, so, 100% economy. (50 minute flight, whatever) The bins were almost comically empty. And then someone almost took my bag at the end because they have the same one as me, I had to stop them and tell them to look at the bag tag.
Originally Posted by
painintheuk
My perfectly legal, easily-fits-in-the-sizer bag also easily stows under the seat in front of me on a Dash 8 and my small backpack goes up top. I don't know why more people don't do that on those short flights. I'm 6 feet tall and for just an hour I have enough leg room.
There are 5 Dash 8's with smaller bins (FINs 494-498) that GA are told to tag as many bags as possible so that could be what happened here. The main reason is to try to expedite boarding process. Having said that, I wouldn't be happy being forced to gate check my bag as someone in Zone 1/2.