Originally Posted by Powka (Post 18243180)

That's what they do in Europe, even cheap airlines like Ryanair - always make you stick the bag into the special box - if it fits, you can go, if it doesn't - you can't.

Originally Posted by 45128 (Post 18354934)

:confused: Are you seriously trying to tell us, in all honesty, that this woman was less than three feet high? :confused:

Originally Posted by 45128 (Post 18354870)

Economy passengers blithely stowing their bags in the overhead lockers in business class, thus denying business class pax of the opportunity to load their own stuff, is a common problem.

Last Thursday (4/5) I flew DUS-LHR in British Airways' Club Europe (business) cabin. While the economy section was full to the gunwhales there were only three pax in CE. However, when I boarded, all the overhead lockers were crammed full of EY passengers' bags so I was unable to stow my roll-on.

The BA purser showed both resource and initiative: she asked the other two CE pax to identify their property and then had a GA remove all the rest for loading in the belly of the plane.

Simples.

Originally Posted by 45128 (Post 18354870)

Economy passengers blithely stowing their bags in the overhead lockers in business class, thus denying business class pax of the opportunity to load their own stuff, is a common problem.

Last Thursday (4/5) I flew DUS-LHR in British Airways' Club Europe (business) cabin. While the economy section was full to the gunwhales there were only three pax in CE. However, when I boarded, all the overhead lockers were crammed full of EY passengers' bags so I was unable to stow my roll-on.

The BA purser showed both resource and initiative: she asked the other two CE pax to identify their property and then had a GA remove all the rest for loading in the belly of the plane.

Simples.

Originally Posted by chollie (Post 18355087)

For those who advocate a strictly enforced carry-on policy: I was on a flight recently with a gentleman who had a rollaboard, a stuffed briefcase, a winter coat and a hat. Flying in 'Y' and not happy - upgrade didn't clear, stayed in the lounge too long, missed early boarding, closet in 'F' was full and he expected to put everything in the overhead - and didn't want anyone else's bags crushing his coat or hat.

My question: if policy is strictly enforced, how many carry-ons did this gentleman have? Do his bulky winter coat and hat not count as items? They took up as much space in the overhead as my standard rollaboard. There's no way he could have fit his briefcase, coat and hat under the seat in front of him.

Originally Posted by chollie (Post 18355541)

Where were the purser and FAs when all of these multiple infractions were taking place?

I can understand that if only one FA is assigned to the CE cabin, he/she might be attending to PDBs and miss one or two EY pax stowing bags in the forward cabin, but I don't understand how he/she/they could have missed so many EY pax doing this.

I'm assuming the GA tagged the bags and identified the owners?

Originally Posted by ajax (Post 18355103)

hy·per·bo·le
   [hahy-pur-buh-lee]
noun
1. obvious and intentional exaggeration.
2. an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as “to wait an eternity.”

Originally Posted by ft101 (Post 18356620)

The post you quoted was nonsense, but you have now posted a dozen or so times today that were equally as bad. Please ask your mum to rescind your posting rights.

Originally Posted by HMPS (Post 18360492)

Confess have not read all of 45128 ' s posts.

But I do not see anything wrong in the one you object to. It is backed up by the airline web site.

So I can't really agree with you re "Please ask your mum to rescind your posting rights. "