Originally Posted by deac83
Where is the line drawn?
Real situation tonight. Person in 4B had this large bag that was not in any shape or form under the seat in fron of them, they had to bend their legs backwards to have the bag sitting there. At take off it was there. During the flight it was there. During landing it was there. The FA never made any comment. And I can assure you this was not a judgement call. In fact if I had been in 4A I would have told the passenger or FA to get the bag moved as if there was any type of emergency 4A is not likely to be getting out of the plane.
Some of the safety rules are questionable (has a computer being on ever broght a plane down?) but this clearly is a safety issue.
Several options I see:
1. Bring it to the FA attention.
2. Bring it to the passengers attention.
3. Follow up with AA
4. Do nothing.
Thoughts?
Not sure which I would do, but I can eliminate #3. If it's really a problem, do something about it at the time, not days or weeks later.
I guess if I were in 4A, if I thought it was a safety issue for me, I would ask 4B to stow it, and offer to help. I would probably think I could step over it, though, and in that case just do nothing.