Originally Posted by Bart
Keep in mind that I'm the messenger here, but it seems that the airlines LOVE these new restrictions. Informal feedback from some of the gate agents at my airport is that they are now loading and unloading flights quicker than ever before because very few people are fumbling with overhead compartments with their carry-ons. And I have to admit that checkpoint screening seems more streamlined than I thought it would be, again, because of fewer carry-ons.
Bart, join me in a reality break. The airlines are smacking their lips over the spectre of selling bottles of water to parched pax for $5.00 a smash. If an airline runs only 500 flights a day and only 5% of the pax purchase, they just added $22,500 a DAY to the bottom line.
--PP