Watched a FA react to that by pulling the ranter's bag and gate-checking it. It's called shared space for a reason. NetJets has great deals on air charters for those transporting works of art.

How much more "me, me, me " can you get?

It's a shared facility and not your personal storage space. If your baggage or contents are fragile they should be carried (and paid for) appropriately, which is not in the overhead storage space on public transport.

... which may get you a much deserved scolding from the FA or another pax. The bins are shared space; if you don't want somebody to put their stuff near yours, used the space under the seat ahead of you.

To the OP: I've seen that rule enforced on both DL and US. If you and your carry-ons can't conform to the rule, maybe you should check them.

cram (krm)
v. crammed, cram·ming, crams
1. To force, press, or squeeze into an insufficient space; stuff.
2. To fill too tightly.

It is shared space which is exactly why it's inappropriate to cram your things onto someone else's and possibly doing damage in the process.

The person said a coat was fine and never said he/she objected to anything near their stuff. Please read more carefully before you jump on someone.

As to the OP, I'm glad flight attendants are cracking down on this. If everyone would abide by the 2 carry on rule (one up top, one down below), and both of appropriate size, we would see less of the selfish morons dropping their bag in row 2 when they're seated in row 32. Those bags should be gate checked without a second thought.

Any pax who assumes that another person is cramming "crap" by putting something in the bin and threatens to scold them deserves to be rebuked, and using the term "crap" to describe another pax's belongings is just outright offensive.

It is possible to stack items in the bin without brute force.

Well I would always put my large bag up top with my coat/ jacket/ handbag if a bulkhead - on top of it - on the basis that there wasn't room for a whole bag on top top of my main bag so i wan't depriving anyone space for their main carry on...

That said I have watched people pulling my neatly arranged baggage around for no good reason - I don't mind them NEATLY putting a small bag or jacket on top of my bag - but there is no reason for them to rearrange my stuff to do so!

Mind you - I am a relic from the days when people checked their main bags and literally had a "cabin bag" with only their flight essentials in it.. I will still happily pay for the convenience of NOT having to tote a heqavy and taking the rollaboard to its limits size bag with me!

I would assume that the first Boeing passenger planes came with overhead bins already. They should've! If they could build a plane, surely they were smart enough to use the space over passenger's head.

This is why I would rather just check my bags.

The whole concept of overhead storage really has a way of bringing out the ugly in people, and I'd rather just not deal with it.

I agree.
I'm somewhat puzzled why anyone would place a fragile item in a shared space where others commonly place their bags. And complaining when the obvious result ensues is rather strange.
I can see a rookie flyer making that mistake, but a frequent traveler?

And someone has to ask you to remove your second item to place their jacket?
If it walks like a DYKWIA and talks like a DYKWIA, it is a DYKWIA.

Sorry but you're the one making assumptions. Namely that the person you responded to scolds people who put things into the bin nicely. That's not what she (?) said at all.

True. But that's not what everyone does. And someone has the right to complain, and scold, someone who is damaging their stuff by cramming.

Judgments aside, I don't typically see FA's enforcing any kind of "one item overhead" rule. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen one actively move bags around and hand an overhead bag to a seated passenger to stuff under his seat.

They make the announcements, sometimes 2-3 times to guilt any offenders into pulling a bag down, but that's it. Maybe if they witness you putting 2 into the bin they'd stop it. But usually they don't know who has two up there vs. one or none.

Regarding stuffing the bin and "cramming" bags, it's usually not an issue for me because the one I put up there is the standard size. It's usually hard to get a coat on top of it. But if I put my backpack up there, I somewhat expect it to get squished, turned, stacked, crammed, or whatever. I know better than to put anything too fragile in it. On the rare occasions that I have something fragile, I either pack it deep within a checked bag or put it in my backpack and keep it under the seat.

But I'll also admit that if I think a flight is lightly loaded, I'll toss both bags into the overhead bin. Once or twice a year, I guess wrong (I think it's an empty flight...then it turns out full), the FA makes the announcement, and I pull the 2nd bag down. The guilt trip does work in my case. ;)

No offense OP, but I'm 6'6" and I always put my large backpack under the seat. It's only for a short time. Once airborne, I pull it out and put it under my legs. Very comfortable, and all my stuff is within reach.

Yes. I have a standard-size computer case plus a compact overnight bag that together do not equal the volume of one rollaboard. So I am certainly going to put both up there if I can get away with it, as I am still taking up less space than pax who flout the carry-on limits.

The other night I boarded behind a very small, petite, peevish-looking woman who was wrestling two enormous rollaboards down the aisle; the second, her "personal item," was one of those backpacks that sprout wheels. Either was bigger than she was and together they took up most of one bin. No way she should have been allowed on board with all that stuff (she had a THIRD item, a big soft tote bag, that filled up her under-seat space). Until the airlines do something about people like her I have no moral qualms about hoisting my two small bags into the bin.

She wasn't Lithuanian by any chance, was she? :D

And how come people are allowed more than 1 item to bring into the cabin? Is it common in US? On cheap European shorter distance airlines like Ryanair, EasyJet, Jet2, etc - they do not allow more than one item, over 15kg, and over the set size. You can pay for as much luggage as you want, but the rest will go into the luggage department, because it's common sense that overhead bins have a limited space, and if everyone brings 2-3 items into the cabin, then there won't be any place for the pilots to sit.

This is why I would rather check a bag, and bring only a small backpack with valuables, meds, and a change of clothes plus a purse. Both go under the seat in front of me. No worries about someone grabbing my stuff, no lugging a heavy bag around, and no worries about not enough bin space.