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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 3:14 pm
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sfogate
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Originally Posted by bmr12
Funny, because I recall several years ago that it was UA that sued (or threatened to sue) CO to *remove* the bag sizers on the X-ray machines, at least at DEN.
It was the other way around! Gordon Bethune made this his pet project to remove the templates on the security belts and then changed out all the overhead bins to bigger ones. CO then went after the business traveler by telling them we had bigger overhead bins and we welcomed their rolling bags. All of this was over 10 years ago and things have dramatically changed.

Don't be surprised to see the sizing box come back to the gate area and the boarding agent asking that each bag be placed in the box, checking those that don't fit.
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