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It would help if they'd start being stricter about carry-on luggage, so we don't have people standing in the aisles desperately trying to cram a 42-inch rolling

by jff 15y ago

It would help if they'd start being stricter about carry-on luggage, so we don't have people standing in the aisles desperately trying to cram a 42-inch rolling bag (the bane of my existence) into a 38-inch overhead compartment (or however big they are). I always use a medium-sized duffel bag and a small backpack when going "carryon-only" for a long flight. The non-rigid bag makes it easier to stow and remove, making the whole system move a hell of a lot faster. Laptop goes in backpack for safekeeping.

pavel_lishin 15y ago
It would also help if people were smarter about arranging their bags in the compartments. I can't really think of a way to unambiguously describe what I'm talking about, so I drew a crappy diagram: http://i.imgur.com/pILt1.jpg http://i.imgur.com/pILt1.jpg Note that a compartment will hold three bags side by side just fine, as long as you put them in long-way-in. One idiot putting it in horizontally is like the guy dropping a straight-piece in Tetris on its side - congrats, you just shafted everyone, and potentially delayed take-off by 10 minutes because now we have to ferry one bag from the passenger compartment into the baggage one.
- joejohnson 15y ago
  Thank you! I have seen this far too many times and it drives me crazy. Also, people then get stuffy when you start to rearrange the bags properly so more can fit in there. Aaaah!
kenjackson 15y ago
While I can sympathize with you, I'm much more sympathetic about the outrageous check-in fees and the fact that people want to avoid checking if at all possible, even if it means cramming bags in. On top of that the incidence of problems with checked luggage is seems much higher than reported. In the past year, me or a traveling partner, have lost two checked bags, had one misrouted, and had several items stolen. For this reason I consider anything I check purely optional and things that I know I have a reasonable chance to never see again. My general rule -- if it fits, it fits.

by jff 15y ago

pavel_lishin 15y ago

It would also help if people were smarter about arranging their bags in the compartments. I can't really think of a way to unambiguously describe what I'm talking about, so I drew a crappy diagram: http://i.imgur.com/pILt1.jpg http://i.imgur.com/pILt1.jpg Note that a compartment will hold three bags side by side just fine, as long as you put them in long-way-in. One idiot putting it in horizontally is like the guy dropping a straight-piece in Tetris on its side - congrats, you just shafted everyone, and potentially delayed take-off by 10 minutes because now we have to ferry one bag from the passenger compartment into the baggage one.

joejohnson 15y ago
Thank you! I have seen this far too many times and it drives me crazy. Also, people then get stuffy when you start to rearrange the bags properly so more can fit in there. Aaaah!

kenjackson 15y ago

While I can sympathize with you, I'm much more sympathetic about the outrageous check-in fees and the fact that people want to avoid checking if at all possible, even if it means cramming bags in. On top of that the incidence of problems with checked luggage is seems much higher than reported. In the past year, me or a traveling partner, have lost two checked bags, had one misrouted, and had several items stolen. For this reason I consider anything I check purely optional and things that I know I have a reasonable chance to never see again. My general rule -- if it fits, it fits.