Originally Posted by Jenbel
Well I got through at EDI with four pieces of 'hand baggage' yesterday
1) my handbag
2) a small rucksack containing some valuables which were too big to fit in my handbag, but too valuable to go in my checked baggage
3) a bag containing some books after I forgot to remove my book from my checked bag
4) Sheep (Well, I know he isn't hand baggage, but I'm sure he is counted as such by BAA security people
)
Ok, I could have amalgamated them into one (they would all have fitted them in the rucksack), but that's not the point surely
Also at MAN, the dreaded baggage sizing racks were in evidence at the entrance to T3 security. Tried to fit my small trolley dolly case in, and it won't fit - the handle sticks out too much
Didn't try to carry it on as I'd only have had to gate-check it anyway, since it won't fit in the cabin, and baggage handling on that route is usually pretty efficient - and it was
15 mins from plane to car at MAN isn't bad at all
Dear Sheep,
No, it's all right Mummy still loves you (I suppose!). You are
not hand baggage or any other baggage, but Mummy is a proper baggage for saying that you were. No matter how heavy that you may get, Auntie Pucci will always lift you into the First Class seat where you belong whilst Mummy gets shipped into the hold! No wonder your Uncles are so unruly!
Tits - I think I know who you mean - if the pax cannot haul into the overhead bins and if it is too big to go under the seat in front then into the hold with it. I don't care if it contains the crown jewels. No crew member is to lift it and that's final - that is the condition that it was allowed aboard. Trouble is where are they going to find that out - once we have them and we can get all the flack when they can't.