763 midline bins flawed?
Jul 16, 2017, 10:12 am
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763 midline bins flawed?
Anyone else annoyed by these?
Perfectly fine rolerbags fit in the bins fine, but the bins can't close; when one does relieve some airport stress closing it, getting the bin open later becomes nigh impossible.
Or actually impossible.
Perfectly fine rolerbags fit in the bins fine, but the bins can't close; when one does relieve some airport stress closing it, getting the bin open later becomes nigh impossible.
Or actually impossible.
Jul 16, 2017, 11:13 am
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If you can't close the bin normally, guess what, your bag doesn't fit.
Jul 16, 2017, 11:19 am
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Jul 16, 2017, 12:12 pm
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Jul 16, 2017, 7:00 pm
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The legacy 767s that were owned by Canadian Airlines are notorious for this. Regulation bags had to go in sideways and not wheels first as per newer aircraft. One regulation size bag that I have doesn't fit the bin and I wonder if the original poster here is one of those individuals affected in the same way I was.
Jul 17, 2017, 9:33 am
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Jul 17, 2017, 9:37 am
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No, I have seen that many times. And if my bag is in the the same bin, I say something before the cramming starts.
Jul 17, 2017, 6:19 pm
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Me: Excuse me miss, please don't squish my bag.
FA: I'm sure it'll be fine, I do this all the time.
The new dialogue that works for me almost every time is:
Me: Excuse me miss, that bag alone is worth $700. If you damage it, I will expect compensation, let alone the $10,000 worth of camera equipment in there.
FA: Sorry sir.
Once:
Me: Excuse me miss, that bag alone is worth $700. If you damage it, I will expect compensation, let alone the $10,000 worth of camera equipment in there.
FA: Would you like me to gate check that?
Me: Are you kidding me?!