Originally Posted by
Boston
Airlines spend a lot of money on interiors so why cant they include an option where if the Seat Belt Sign is on the O/H bins are locked.... if they are locked for an emergency landing or RTO then the pax cant even open the O/H bins to get their bags.
A couple of weeks ago, I flew down to Las Vegas. During the flight, I watched a middle aged woman trying to open a locked lav door for a full minute - even though I could clearly see from 3 rows back that it was locked because it was occupied with the red 'occupied' clearly displayed
on the door. How long do you think it would take this woman to figure out that the overhead bin was locked and to move on during an emergency evac?