Question two, RE: policing overhead bin storage.
Jan 20, 2019, 2:24 pm
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The only solution is to radically cut the carry-on allowance. Even then it might not be enough.
Boarding a narrow body mainline aircraft takes a maximum of 15-20 minutes in most of the world. In the US, it often takes more than the generally-allotted 30 minutes. Why? Carry-ons and fights about OH space.
AA is better than most about policing the size of carry ons and that does help. While people here whine that carriers, including AA, sometimes cut off carry ons too early in the process, I favor that.
The proposal to allocate OH space is doomed as close to unenforceable and unlikely to alleviate what is not too great a problem.
Boarding a narrow body mainline aircraft takes a maximum of 15-20 minutes in most of the world. In the US, it often takes more than the generally-allotted 30 minutes. Why? Carry-ons and fights about OH space.
AA is better than most about policing the size of carry ons and that does help. While people here whine that carriers, including AA, sometimes cut off carry ons too early in the process, I favor that.
The proposal to allocate OH space is doomed as close to unenforceable and unlikely to alleviate what is not too great a problem.
Jan 20, 2019, 10:20 pm
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In that situation, if they had taken the bags to where the seats were, they both would have have them overhead. It is NOT logical for people sitting toward the back to drop their bags off in the front or midway through the plane if there is space in that back.
Jan 28, 2019, 3:40 pm
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if you are one of the "late boarding" great if you can find a space anywhere > use it