Zorak

However the people who poach/overuse overhead bin space aren't generally the sort of people who care what signs say.

z06mir

Unfortunately my husband and I were window/middle and the isle person wanted to lollygag. It was a heck of a trip, lemme tell ya. The connecting flight (which I found out later contained the crew for the flight I walked onto "late". was late for mx and then we had to cross every runway in ATL.... but between crossings people were getting up to go to the lav which even further delayed us.

I was just happy when my bag survived. I really didn't think it would knowing it had to drop off the 20 foot slide in PHX.

enviroian

Doesn’t mean jack. AA has “reserved for MCE” in the bins. People don’t care.

ekozie

If FAs can alert GAs on the SkyPro, why have GAs sometimes insisted on checking my bag only to ask nicely at the aircraft door and and be told by the FAs that there's plenty of space (and I mean plenty)? Are GAs going rogue this often?

ekozie

I have to admit, I had to read this four times before I realized that the FA meant "don't you dare move your bag" and not "don't you dare altercate with him" since you were standing up. Great story.

FlyingBeanCounter

I get the complaint.......

but really this is a first world problem. About once a year I get a nasty delay with a connection and get screwed. I have to check my bag (GASP!!!!).

Whatever. It can be inconvenient. It can be because some dbag decided his stuff is more important than anyone else. or it could be because of nothing. Doesn't change the fact that my bag will come out of baggage claim fairly quickly. The FA are also super supportive when you make this easy on them. Free drinks, preferential stuff, whatever. Flying sucks, there is nothing glamorous of attractive about watching a bunch of entitled people battle over something so trivial as the 15 minutes i might have to waste picking up my bag. I cannot for the life of me see why to make it worse.


I know when I am about to die I will totally regret each and every time I got irritated over something that should not matter. I am doing everything in my power to limit that. ^

Flyer0889

That’s a complex answer. I’ve been told they have some sort of threshold on their computer that if they don’t meet, and the flight is delayed for checked bags, then the delay goes on them. Generally, they can always ask us (sometimes we don’t have connectivity, so they can’t). But it can be frustrating to have all the forced checked bags and plenty of pace. Because we get chewed out in the aisle for it. Sometimes they leave us on “read” and ignore us.

When IFS and ACS coordinate well - it’s amazing how smooth boarding can go. It’s gotten way better since the release of our communication app - but can obviously be better.

*edit* to add that boarding goes significantly faster once all roller boards are being checked so I suspect that’s also one reason they start. LGA used to be really bad about this. Once they hit mid zone 2 they would check everything regardless of the status off the overhead bins (this was back when we had to communicate by jet bridge phone) I hated flying through there because of that.

WillBarrett_68

absolutely. this is odious vigilante behavior. two wrongs don't make a right.

mtofell

Yeah, two wrongs don't make a right but someone getting what they deserve when acting like a douchbag can make them think twice about doing next time.

WillBarrett_68

yeah that's what every vigilante tells themselves. you aren't a hero if you do this.

FlyingUnderTheRadar

For there to be vigilantism there needs to be some initial form of enforcement. Therein lies the problem. There really is none. I once had a PAX two in front of me place their bag in the C+ area and then proceed to march to the back of the bus. I asked the FA who was standing right there to assist and move the offending bag further back as there was still space in other bins so I could stow my bag. They flatly refused. Fortunately, another person was willing to move their bag around so mine would fit - thus saving me from having to swim down stream and back. In this instance, I left a note the offending bag regarding their lack of manners.

At this point there is such a lack of manners and decorum, combined with the FA not wanting assist, that if I personally experienced this again I would have zero guilt about moving the offending bag to another bin further back simply so that when exiting the plane I would not be swimming down stream to retrieve my bag.

I also have zero guilt about moving bags around without asking that have been stowed poorly that with a bit of rearrangement other bags could be accommodated - namely mine. There are exceptions like when a good Stenson hat is already up there.

WillBarrett_68

"rearranging bags" and "removing a bag" are completely different things. The fact that you have zero guilt about it doesn't make it any less odious.

jthomps

I will add to the discussion.

One of my frustrations is with the F crowd (mostly fellow diamonds) who consistently put small bags - backpacks, briefcases, duffles - into the smaller side OHBs on the MDs and 717s. I had this happen on two flights this week; both offenders were diamonds. I asked if I could move their bag across the aisle. One said ok with no issue. The other acted completely offended. After some back and forth she agreed to moving the bag to the smaller bin.

enviroian

The clown who carelessly threw his bag up in F and walked back to the back of the bus with row after row of open bins should have thought about the ramifications of his actions beforehand. Out comes his bag and good luck finding it buddy (in this case the offender was lucky because the flight attendant called him up). I have zero tolerance for these idiots. I did it before and I’ll do it again.

defrosted

Faith in humanity restored this morning. I saw someone start putting their bag in the FC bin, noticed the placard and took it down.

I only bring ONE carry on, so I have legroom AND can use the overhead bin. How is this a problem? How is this thinking I am the only one that matters?