Carry On Luggage

[outerlimits]

Can't believe the size of stuff people carry on a plane. The airlines don't care about the little box that all carry on stuff is supposed to fit in. Some stuff won't even fit in the overhead bins. Last week I saw some idiot carrying on an acoustic guitar. Then there was a lady with a new mop...musta been a great sale after Christmas.

Edited December 31, 2012 by outerlimits

[PopPop]

I gotta agree with you. I keep waitin for someone to get on with a cage full of chickens like some folks used to do on the old Central Texas Bus Line when I was a kid.

[PopPop]

I think the airlines charging extra for checked bags causes a lot of the problems.

[BSeevers]

Compounded by people being 50% larger than they should be makes flying a bit like being in a third world nation anymore. You know old schoolbus packed so full people are riding on roof

[Cuz]

Not only are they huge, but they have more than one which is downright rude.

[sperman]

And they put them in the first available space, so that when the people sitting in those rows try and stow their luggage, the overhead bins are already full. I don't get why the stewardesses turn a blind eye.

[Cy Soto]

Then there was a lady with a new mop...

It probably had some sentimental value.

[rhgunguy]

And they put them in the first available space, so that when the people sitting in those rows try and stow their luggage, the overhead bins are already full. I don't get why the stewardesses turn a blind eye.

My best friend is a regional airline pilot and his fiancé is a flight attendant. The problem starts at the ticket counter and the staff there turning a blind eye. It comes down to neither flight attendants or ticket counter people feeling like arguing with people who have a sense of entitlement for a barely liveable wage.

[JFlowers]

As a frequent fliers (at least 2 flights a week), my biggest gripes are the oversized things like guitars and people who bring two items and store them both overhead. I have a small roller and a laptop case. My laptop case goes under my seat, the roller goes overhead, wheels in/out depending on the plane. I really detest the people who bring on rollers and put them in sideways and then put their laptop case up with it.

When I am on a long term assignment, I leave the roller at the hotel and travel back and forth with a duffel. Makes things easier.

Edited January 1, 2013 by JFlowers

[HI5-O]

And they put them in the first available space, so that when the people sitting in those rows try and stow their luggage, the overhead bins are already full. I don't get why the stewardesses turn a blind eye.

My best friend is a regional airline pilot and his fiancé is a flight attendant. The problem starts at the ticket counter and the staff there turning a blind eye. It comes down to neither flight attendants or ticket counter people feeling like arguing with people who have a sense of entitlement for a barely liveable wage.

And it's so heavy they can't lift it up to put in the overhead bin...

[mpolans]

After seeing someone's guitar in a hard case destroyed when checked, I don't begrudge them carrying it on. It does stink when folks have two carry ons and put them both in the overhead bins. Really, a lot of this is because the airlines started reducing the number, size, and weight of free checked bags.

[sperman]

IMO, If the airlines are going to charge for bags, it shouldn't matter if it is checked or carried on the plane. That would solve some of the problems. Why carry a weeks worth of clothes on the plane with you if it costs the same as checking it.