ijgordon

(Emphasis added).

I alluded it to in my post # 2 upthread, but suspect this may really be the crux of the OP's complaint. It's certainly been discussed elsewhere on FT, and most seem to agree, that proper etiquette is to put ONE bag in the overhead and if you have a second personal item, you are to put that under the seat. If you only bring one bag onboard, you are still entitled to put that in the overhead.

If 3A is putting both his roller AND backpack in the overhead, then I agree person is a DB. But I don't think that's technically against any rules, just a matter of etiquette. The FA may or may not get involved. That, in turn, may or may not depend on how much you make a fuss in front of the whole cabin about seeing people put two bags in the overhead.

rogo

Scandal: I will put both my items in the overhead bin. Most every time.

But, I will start with the roller bag only. And I will find a space for the backpack if one is available. And I will wait till late in boarding to do this. And I will gladly remove it if/when it becomes clear space is constrained if I see someone else unable to find space. And I will help move items around to make more space when people without my spatial skills -- or really any awareness of any other people being on the plane -- load the overhead idiotically. And I will help someone lift their bag up there too.

Sorry? No, not sorry.

chollie

The problem might be that the overhead bins on the 'A' side are the very very small ones and the bins on the other side are large enough to take a legal size rollaboard, but depending on the aircraft, it may have to go sideways.

So it appears that OP thinks if you take an 'A' seat, you accept that if you carry on two bags, both must be personal size or smaller. Don't go poaching bin space across the aisle.

nebraskaboy

So if the OP and other first class pax are valet checking their large bags and placing their personal items below the seat in front of them, you'd just have the small bags from 1 A/C/D and an errant rollaboard or second bag to worry about. I like @ijgordon's approach based on that math.

teCh0010

I bought the international spinner I have because it fits on a CRJ. If you want to gate check you bag that's fine, I'm bringing mine on.

A side or BC side doesn't matter. The bins in the FC cabin are for the cabin, not the seat under them.

jdrtravel

Pax sitting in bulk heads put both their carry on and their personal item in the o/h bin. That's how it works. They are literally told to do so by FA's.

And if for some reason the F bins fills up, F pax can use the Y bins before those pax board. Your pet peeve is dumb.

mediator

Well some times 5 minutes could be enough time for causing a misconnect.

jdrtravel

It taking 5 minutes is fake news.

SJC ORD LDR

I don't get it. If your bag fits. it goes in the overhead bin. I've boarded a CR9 later and had to put the bag up in C+, but that's the way it goes sometimes. I know one of my bags fits in a CR9, but not a CR7 or CR2. It would be nice that if they could make the CRJ bins in F just like the E175 bins, but I don't think there is enough room or else it would be just like that.

blue_can

From what I've seen the rules about bringing rolleraboards on regionals vary depending on the airline. Some I've flown have made anyone with a rollaboard pink tag and valet check the bag. Others allow them on.

If they are allowed on board then people,should be entitled to take them on board.

brandie

I regular fly on CRJ's and I typically sit in the A side as I am flying single. My experience is that only a very tiny rollaboard will fit in the overhead on
the BC side. About 80-90% of folks on board have rollaboards that literally just won't fit and have to be left on the runway to be stowed in the plane belly. I also carry a knapsack that is too big for the A overhead (only a small purse will fit in the A overhead or a folded jacket) so it goes in the BC overhead.

I am typically in the front of the plane. First Class it pretty much a joke on a CRJ. It is not uncommon for me to have to put my rollaboard and knapsack
maybe 10 feet behind me particularly if I get on the plane later. Even when I get on the plane late there is always plenty of room in the overheads as
80-90% of the rollaboards have to be left on the runway as they just don't fit. My rollaboard and knapsack typically rattle around in the overhead
there is that much room.

It is significantly more time (sometimes up to 15-20 minutes on the runway in inclement weather to pickup up larger rollaboards) that just won't
fit in the CRG overheads. Typically about 80% of the plane passengers are standing on the runway to pick up their larger rollaboards as it takes awhile
for the staff to unload the belly of the plane.

Folks that sit on the "A" side are just as entitled to put items in the overhead as those that sit on the B and C side. The folks in A are also in first class.
Tickets are the same price.

I guess I see what the poster is complaining about as a non-issue. On these little commuter planes the reality is that sometimes I might have to
use an overhead 5-10 feet behind me but that is the reality of these small commuter planes. I fly these planes a lot and the overheads are never
full and my little rollaboard and knapsack kind of rattle around.

If room was tight I would not put my knapsack in the overhead but I've never had that be the experience just as I wait patiently at landing
if someone has to pull their items that are stowed 5-10 feet behind them.

MarkP24

Agreed. Just follow the rules.

jrl767

FF524

dblumenhoff

Once again, please do not leave your luggage on the runway. It is really bad when it gets ingested into the plane's engines.