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Why were you cheering for this? That was incredibly rude of him.
That has me puzzled as well. Did that poster ever answer? I would be silently cheering if the guy that removed the luggage and sent it sliding down the aisle, replacing it with his own, was thrown off the plane.
Back to the topic - frequent flyers call those who stand by the gate door waiting to sit "Gate Lice". They clog the gates and really make the flying experience a headache. SIT DOWN until your row is called, I beg of you, don't stand by the gate. Some frequent flyers themselves are guilty of this. Part of it is the "look at me, I got my first class upgrade or my special card that lets me get priority boarding". Others simply don't understand how the boarding process works.
I've never understood it either. I prefer to be last on - because it means I am first off.
As for the overhead space - I have occasionally found someone has stuck a bag up over my seat. When this has happened, I pull it out and hand it over to the flight attendant. They track down the owner -usually not hard because its somebody already struggling to get out of their seat and all red in the face - then that person is told to put it in the space allotted to him/her or to check it. In every single case it has turned out that that person has more than the allowable carry on luggage (or they have oversize items) and the extra item(s) get checked. Of course if there is empty space anywhere near my seat this isn't an issue - but if the overheads are full, yep. I turn it over to the stewardess and let them handle it.
Also it's been years since I've been allowed to stuff anything under the seat in front of me. That is not stowage. In a crash, that is something to go flying around the cabin. All carry on luggage must be stowed properly in the storage compartments, or you must be able to hold it in your lap. You CAN set a handbag - or a backpack, these days - on the floor if it will fit between your feet, but the space under the seat in front of you is not for storing your carry-on.
Maybe that's changed back again with the newer more restrictive regulations about carry-on (smaller bags now might be allowed to be crammed under the seat in front of you) - but I wouldn't, and historically haven't, hesitated to pull the extra baggage out and hand it over to an attendant when the overhead luggage compartments are full. They are specifically designed to be able to handle all the allowed carryons for every passenger even when the plane is full, so if they are stuffed full and there is no room for your (sized according to regulations) carryon, someone has sneaked extra space for himself.
I've never understood it either. I prefer to be last on - because it means I am first off.
As for the overhead space - I have occasionally found someone has stuck a bag up over my seat. When this has happened, I pull it out and hand it over to the flight attendant. They track down the owner -usually not hard because its somebody already struggling to get out of their seat and all red in the face - then that person is told to put it in the space allotted to him/her or to check it. In every single case it has turned out that that person has more than the allowable carry on luggage (or they have oversize items) and the extra item(s) get checked. Of course if there is empty space anywhere near my seat this isn't an issue - but if the overheads are full, yep. I turn it over to the stewardess and let them handle it.
Also it's been years since I've been allowed to stuff anything under the seat in front of me. That is not stowage. In a crash, that is something to go flying around the cabin. All carry on luggage must be stowed properly in the storage compartments, or you must be able to hold it in your lap. You CAN set a handbag - or a backpack, these days - on the floor if it will fit between your feet, but the space under the seat in front of you is not for storing your carry-on.
Maybe that's changed back again with the newer more restrictive regulations about carry-on (smaller bags now might be allowed to be crammed under the seat in front of you) - but I wouldn't, and historically haven't, hesitated to pull the extra baggage out and hand it over to an attendant when the overhead luggage compartments are full. They are specifically designed to be able to handle all the allowed carryons for every passenger even when the plane is full, so if they are stuffed full and there is no room for your (sized according to regulations) carryon, someone has sneaked extra space for himself.
What airlines do you fly? Much of this (particularly highlighted parts) is contrary to what's standard on all the US airlines.
I've always thought that one possible solution to many of these issues is to adopt a boarding process similar to JetBlue. After the priority boarding, the rest of the plane boards from back to front. Not only does it minimize the line of passengers waiting for people to get seated, but it also ensures that the overhead compartments will fill from back to front. JetBlue boarding is so much smoother than other airlines, even Southwest (I've never understood why people like their boarding process).
As much as I travel (more than once a month), I've never figured out the arbitrary "zone" boarding process used by so many airlines. There doesn't seem to be any correlation between my position on the plane and what zone I am assigned.
but it also ensures that the overhead compartments will fill from back to front
Assuming (and I see it happen allot) someone in the back section of the plane does not put there bag in the Front third of the coach section.
But when you see it happen a lot, it's because boarding is done so haphazardly (arbitrary "zone" system) and people don't want to wait to get to row 28 to find out that there aren't any available overhead compartments. But by boarding back to front, you can see that all the compartments are empty until you get closer to your row. There's no need to put your bag in the front third, because you see that the front half+ is still wide open.
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