Low-cost travel rules change again

Ahhh Its good to see that the romance of flying isn’t dead.

On a serious note, It drives me up the wall when some inconsiderate oaf, usually with a loud voice and no knowledge that there are other people aboard, barges their way down the aisle with a stroll along suitcase the size of Manhattan only then to complain that the overhead bin isn’t big enough. I mean, are these people for real?

Airliner layout

I would like to see the overhead bins taken out, and replaced with better air conditioning/filtering units, crash air bags, crash fire extinghuising system.
All bags need to go in a catastrophe explosion proof rear belly compartment,
or be sent ahead on a cargo plane.;)

I knew that there would be some reason against it, otherwise it would have been done……

Wouldn’t an answer be to redesign cabins so that locker space was minimal?

Thats a catch 22, a lot of the budget’s want the cabin storage as it increases the turn around time compared to 190 bags in the hold…

Wouldn’t an answer be to redesign cabins so that locker space was minimal?

I think one airline did ask about a cabin with no overhead storage bins? Maybe FR?

Wouldn’t an answer be to redesign cabins so that locker space was minimal? Then a handbag or laptop or similoar woild be all a passenger coild take on board, the rwest woild have to go in the hold.n It woild save the deviousness, save time loading and at the gate.

I am sure there are many objections from those “in the business” but years of suffering from inconsiderate fellow passengers struggling with oversized luggage through the cabin and into already crammed full lockers put this thought into my mind many years ago.

A little seen side-effect of all the extra – oversized – hand luggage is the damage to the aircraft interior. A significant amount of time is spent repair overhead bins and storage lockers. I am not sure the beancounters have clocked onto that aspect yet.

I can see it coming.

Cabin crews only complaint with me is the amount of hand baggage being brought on board. Passengers like to hide it, check in, and pick it up again.

The use of hand baggage tags is a sound idea, but it slows up check in, and isn’t 100% foolproof.

Do you challenge a passenger when they’re boarding, knowing you’re tying yourself up for 3-4 minutes, or just let them on board ?

With a 30-35 minute turnaround, you have no option than to tick them off and let them on, or else risk a delay as you take payment for an extra bag, and load it into a compartment that’s already probably closed by this point, and then inform the captain of an an extra bag. If he’s got out of bed on the wrong side, he’ll want a new load sheet (I’ve had this happen a few times).

In short, there’s a market for this, like it or not. If the airlines want to go ahead with it I’ll have an extra 5 minutes on the turnaround please !

Realistically, anyone travelling with less than a laptop is rare in my experience, and I’ll badger them to death until they admit they have a transfer bag that’s not in the system.

I suppose if you go away for the weekend you can just take your toothbrush in your pocket and turn your underwear inside out half way through the break 😀