Where to Put Your Carry on Luggage
During the last couple of flights I have noticed a growing problem with the lack of space for everyone's carry-on baggage.
It may also be the problem of people bringing on too many bags.
I was going through check-in and realized that no one was checking for bag size, or how many some of these travelers were taking on board.
At that point I was just glad that they weren't on my flight (I hope).
While sitting waiting to board my aircraft, I look around to find many of my co-travelers having a larger than allowed size wheeling bag, a computer laptop bag, and another bag with who knows what in it.
If it is a female, she also brings her purse (which is acceptable but with all those other bags too!) As we begin to board the plane all of these humans try to run to get to the plane because they too have noticed that the overhead bins are going to fill fast.
And they do.
After proceeding at a snail's pace to the interior of the plane, I notice that the over head bins are already up to capacity.
I have seen people trying to force an over sized bag into a compartment that is clearly too small.
This comes not only from the travelers but I have seen the attendants shove, cram, beat, and even pry the bins apart enough so the suitcase would fit.
The attendants have even had to slam the overhead compartment door many times just so the door would latch and lock in place.
I also just remembered on one of my flights there were a couple of overhead bins with the doors missing.
(Probably because of the abuse these compartments take from the travelers and the employees.
) I know that part of this problem is because of the airlines charging a fee for any baggage put in the cargo hold of the plane.
Doesn't it get to a point that the damage done to the aircraft and to the customer's personal belongings oversteps a line.
What about the travelers convince and service?Have the airlines lost respect for the common traveler and their belongings? We all know that these days are hard for everyone, personal and business, but are they going to really stay in business when they trade respect and convince for a profit line.
It may also be the problem of people bringing on too many bags.
I was going through check-in and realized that no one was checking for bag size, or how many some of these travelers were taking on board.
At that point I was just glad that they weren't on my flight (I hope).
While sitting waiting to board my aircraft, I look around to find many of my co-travelers having a larger than allowed size wheeling bag, a computer laptop bag, and another bag with who knows what in it.
If it is a female, she also brings her purse (which is acceptable but with all those other bags too!) As we begin to board the plane all of these humans try to run to get to the plane because they too have noticed that the overhead bins are going to fill fast.
And they do.
After proceeding at a snail's pace to the interior of the plane, I notice that the over head bins are already up to capacity.
I have seen people trying to force an over sized bag into a compartment that is clearly too small.
This comes not only from the travelers but I have seen the attendants shove, cram, beat, and even pry the bins apart enough so the suitcase would fit.
The attendants have even had to slam the overhead compartment door many times just so the door would latch and lock in place.
I also just remembered on one of my flights there were a couple of overhead bins with the doors missing.
(Probably because of the abuse these compartments take from the travelers and the employees.
) I know that part of this problem is because of the airlines charging a fee for any baggage put in the cargo hold of the plane.
Doesn't it get to a point that the damage done to the aircraft and to the customer's personal belongings oversteps a line.
What about the travelers convince and service?Have the airlines lost respect for the common traveler and their belongings? We all know that these days are hard for everyone, personal and business, but are they going to really stay in business when they trade respect and convince for a profit line.
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