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Old Mar 8, 2018, 2:19 pm
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Fight over bag space in the overhead bin...
Until Southwest starts enforcing the carry on bag size, and takes an official position on what is an open seat..... this is going to keep happening....

Violent brawl delays Southwest Airlines flight after overhead bin fight | Fox News
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Old Mar 8, 2018, 3:42 pm
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Originally Posted by SpaceCoastBill
Until Southwest starts enforcing the carry on bag size, and takes an official position on what is an open seat..... this is going to keep happening....
Are you implying this regularly has happened before? If not, why will it start now? And what does a policy on opening seating have anything to do with this?
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Old Mar 8, 2018, 4:04 pm
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Originally Posted by SpaceCoastBill
Until Southwest starts enforcing the carry on bag size, and takes an official position on what is an open seat..... this is going to keep happening....

Violent brawl delays Southwest Airlines flight after overhead bin fight Fox News

Hopefully the PD was given that video and WN also bans the punk
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Old Mar 8, 2018, 4:15 pm
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Hopefully the PD was given that video and WN also bans the punk
Hopefully he's banned from all air travel.
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Old Mar 8, 2018, 5:56 pm
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Originally Posted by SpaceCoastBill
Until Southwest starts enforcing the carry on bag size, and takes an official position on what is an open seat..... this is going to keep happening....

Violent brawl delays Southwest Airlines flight after overhead bin fight Fox News
I think WN already has taken a position on what is an open seat. All seats are open until they aren't.

And as another poster pointed out "going to keep happening" seems to imply it is or will be a regular event.

Also, I don't see anywhere in the article or video that this had anything to do with carry on bag size. It could just have easily been about someone thinking that the bin space they wanted to use shouldn't be used by someone else. Or a number of other things.
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Old Mar 8, 2018, 6:02 pm
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Originally Posted by lougord99
Are you implying this regularly has happened before? If not, why will it start now? And what does a policy on opening seating have anything to do with this?

Fights and boiling points that were at the point that it could become physical? Yes, it has and will happen.

https://www.cnn.com/2017/05/10/us/fi...ght/index.html

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/video...thwest-flight/

http://kxan.com/2017/07/11/fight-for...urn-to-austin/

https://wtop.com/national/2017/07/pa...thwest-flight/
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Old Mar 8, 2018, 6:13 pm
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Originally Posted by justhere
I think WN already has taken a position on what is an open seat. All seats are open until they aren't.

And as another poster pointed out "going to keep happening" seems to imply it is or will be a regular event.

Also, I don't see anywhere in the article or video that this had anything to do with carry on bag size. It could just have easily been about someone thinking that the bin space they wanted to use shouldn't be used by someone else. Or a number of other things.
Uh huh. And we have had ad naseum discussion on what 'open' means SWA refuses to state just that when asked. The seat saving argument is one that is just setting up the seeds of an altercation.

Yes, the exact bin space spark was not mentioned in that article, but with SWA letting people bring full size bags instead of enforcing the carry on size is also setting up a stage for confrontation.

The bottom line is that this is just people behaving badly.
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Old Mar 8, 2018, 6:43 pm
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Originally Posted by SpaceCoastBill
Uh huh. And we have had ad naseum discussion on what 'open' means SWA refuses to state just that when asked. The seat saving argument is one that is just setting up the seeds of an altercation.
Only if you disagree with seat saving. Which is certainly your prerogative. And people NOT behaving badly tend to figure it out daily.

Originally Posted by SpaceCoastBill
Yes, the exact bin space spark was not mentioned in that article, but with SWA letting people bring full size bags instead of enforcing the carry on size is also setting up a stage for confrontation.
Bags in bins and seat saving all happen during boarding. The three incidents you linked happened either in the air or upon landing. So it is much less likely they were about bag size, bin space, or saved seats

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The bottom line is that this is just people behaving badly.
Agree 100%. It could be about anything. Some people just don't know how to behave and get along.
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Old Mar 8, 2018, 6:48 pm
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Please name another airline and I will link to double the number of flights with fights that you linked to. You can love or hate Southwest policies, and I might agree or disagree with you about those policies. Your contention that these policies foster fights aboard the plane is laughable.
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Another reason why we pay for EBCI ( we fly about 6 R/T's a year using CP and points so $60 is no big deal and well worth it to us) as our bags are up in the bin and we are seated in about row 8 before the clown show can start
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Old Mar 8, 2018, 8:21 pm
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Originally Posted by SpaceCoastBill
Until Southwest starts enforcing the carry on bag size, and takes an official position on what is an open seat..... this is going to keep happening....

Violent brawl delays Southwest Airlines flight after overhead bin fight Fox News
Clearly, WN isn't the right carrier for you. Why do you feel the need to continue beating a dead horse. Just move on if this issue causes you so much angst.
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Old Mar 8, 2018, 10:30 pm
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Originally Posted by lougord99
Please name another airline and I will link to double the number of flights with fights that you linked to. You can love or hate Southwest policies, and I might agree or disagree with you about those policies. Your contention that these policies foster fights aboard the plane is laughable.

Maybe laughable to you, however plainly evident to others who have posted the same sentiment.
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Old Mar 8, 2018, 10:31 pm
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Originally Posted by smmrfld
Clearly, WN isn't the right carrier for you. Why do you feel the need to continue beating a dead horse. Just move on if this issue causes you so much angst.

I responded to others verbal discourse. Kind of the point of these boards huh?
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Old Mar 9, 2018, 3:57 am
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Originally Posted by SpaceCoastBill
Until Southwest starts enforcing the carry on bag size, and takes an official position on what is an open seat..... this is going to keep happening....

Violent brawl delays Southwest Airlines flight after overhead bin fight Fox News

Sorry. This has little (maybe nothing?) to do with carry on bag size enforcement. Just another horses ... being a jerk.

I find carry on bags of any size are rarely an issue on WN compared to other airlines - thanks to free checked bags. We still do carryon on only, even for two week trips and never have a problem storing bags.
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Old Mar 9, 2018, 7:52 am
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Originally Posted by SpaceCoastBill
I responded to others verbal discourse. Kind of the point of these boards huh?
Not to point out the obvious but you started this thread so you weren't responding to anyone.
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