Airlines shrink carry-on bag size

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billb wrote:
even a standard size doesn't address the dickwads that insist on putting their personal items and jackets and other myriads of junk up there blaming the airlines and not the airline makers for not making the planes big enough for fat slobs.

It is going to be pretty easy to deal with that. Those overhead compartments are going to be for approved luggage only. Doesn't fit? Check it at the gate. Everything else goes in your lap or under your seat or it gets checked. Have a problem? You can get off the plane.

I am absolutely amazed that it took this long to get a handle on this. It is painfully clear to anyone who doesn't regularly fly that the system is completely messed up. From the beginning there should have been a single set size(or smaller) for carry ons that was standard across the industry. The rules for what can and cannot go on the plane should also be standard. Weights should be standard as well for bags across all Airlines. Maybe a different set of rules for International vs. Domestic.

Another insane idea. Since everyone has assigned seats have baggage handlers load the cabin as well. The three people in the row have their bags above them.

You just have to get all the entitled aholes to stop flying.