Those of you who know me may well attest that I am a "high maintenance" woman who has a lot of stuff, a whole lot of stuff, but I am still quite capable of making a 10 day international trip with one carry-on and one personal item.

It would be marginally more convenient for me if I could have a roll-on, one personal item and still carry my purse. If I need to get a little bigger personal item and toss my purse into it to go through security, so be it.

My point is that if I can do this, why can't any frequent flyer, including crew, do it.

I was recently asked to develop a seminar called, "What to wear, How to pack" for frequent women business travelers. It just doesn't seem reasonable to me that somewhere along the line female crew members haven't already learned how to do that at least as well as I do and even far better.