LTN Phobia

I think you're right, if I remember correctly some are required to 'guard' a particular door and are not permitted to leave that position during boarding. Although I think there is usually at least one 'floating around', it might not be possible to have two people involved?

PETER01

If you said "Love, honour and obey" then yes.

If you said " Love, honour and cherish" then no.

itsmeitisss

My wife says cherish means obey. It's good she doesn't know the difference between things I have so I just say "this? I've had it ages"

PETER01

Ha ha, I bet many a person has actually said that "This, I've had it for ages"

Just a general comment but this thread seems to have sidetracked into hypothetical scenarios and I added my comment to try and lighten the mood. I will, like many no doubt, be interested to hear what the final outcome may be.

tom tulpe

Those overhead bins have a weight limit. The fact that BA have basically given up on enforceing a weight limit (by having the ridiculous 23k limit) means that they're also fine with overhead bin loads that far exceed weight limits (which are not the airline's limit, but the manufacturers). I call that lax.

Often1

Many carriers have dropped their published weight limitations for OH bins of roughly the same construction. It's an outmoded concern and now largely a revnue generator by forcing extra checked bags rather than a safety issue.

LTN Phobia

Much bigger risk than exceeding the bin load limit (which is actually not that easy to do as I did think about that and looked at it but because bigger bins that would take a larger number of bags are higher-rated - it would need passengers bringing on lead or gold bars in small bags to reliably exceed that limit) is having things dropped on one's head by others.

I had a number of things dropped on my head by others, although thankfully they were mostly very light items and one time when I had something heavy dropped on me it hit the seat back before it hit my head as I'm quite short.

I'd prefer a more sensible limit of 14 kg or thereabouts and also having the exit row minimum age to be raised to 18 but then, what I want is not always what they'd do.

Besides, we're talking about assistance offered on board to passengers who are unable to put their bags in the overhead locker, not a policy discussions on hand luggage weight limit, aren't we?

simons1

And quite what it all has to do with the OP's predicament is anyone's guess.

NickB

Entirely agree. In truth, even if there was a limit of 7kg, I would not want there to be an expectation that cabin crew would routinely lift the luggage of passengers in the overhead lockers. They are not the passengers' personal porters.

For disabled passengers,I would OTOH expect cabin crew to assist those who are unable to lift their baggage, as long as the baggage remains within the cabin baggage allowance.

HIDDY

That goes without saying and must surely be what happens as long as they're made aware of the problem.

NickB

agreed.

LTN Phobia

And it indeed goes without saying but it is actually said clearly on BA.com on their Disability and mobility assistance page (as stated by some people already, that cabin crew will help passengers with disability to store their bags):

https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb...ance-available

The OP mentioned cabin crew assisting with on-board stowage of hand luggage part-way through the thread, and there is a general theme of assistance for passengers with disability.

HMPS

I have seen many foreign carriers FAs ready to put or assist with carry ons in the overhead bin. On the other hand have seen FA arguing that it was not her job.....

kaka

I see it terribly unnecessary for cc to help put a 7kg luggage up there.

1 pc of sub 2kg for someone in need, perhaps.

itsmeitisss

We are talking about FAs putting t up for someone with a disability not for a DYKWIA who can't be arsed to lift it himself. sometimes medical equipment can be quite heavy.