Originally Posted by YYZC2
The hard shell Samsonites are nice but a bit on the heavy side for my liking. I've had the crew-issue TravelPro for three years now and it's about ready to go to the big baggage carousel in the sky. It wasn't the best bag I've ever owned, but it has held up well.
If you want the stuff most of the pilots in the USA use, take a look at these:
http://www.luggageworksonline.com/product.asp?CatID=1
My next rollaboard will be from this company. I had a chance to get my hands on the whole line at the crew store at DTW and they are incredible. All metal frames, tough rollerblade wheels and lots of compartments. The company is owned by a former pilot. I was going to get a Tumi for Xmas but that's out the window now.
Speaking of which, landing at YUL the other day using skycheck my bag wasn't waiting for me at the bottom of the stairs. Worried that someone may have mistakenly left with my bag since I was one of the last to deplane, I looked around and finally asked the baggage dude where the heck my bag was... after explaining that I understood that I didn't check my bag and for sure it was sky checked, he walks back towards the side of the DH1 and takes a bag from there which happened to be mine... he thought it was one of the pilot's!
