Airlines shrink carry-on bag size

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C(-)ris wrote:
[quote=billb]
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. But is is pretty much standard now, despite all the hoopla by the press, if you use the European (continental) dimensions you are covered for 95% of normal airlines in the world, 50cm x 40 cm x 23cm, including wheels, 21.5"x15.5"x9" covers it well. If they shrunk it all by half an inch it would be no problem. I use a 21"x 15" x 9" carry on and I never had a problem. Ever.
The big kicker is going from 9 or 10" to 7.5". It is uncalled for, but a sneaky way to increase revenues...