Originally Posted by
Joe_K
The question is: why do airlines encourage PAX to bring as much crap as possible into the cabin.
I have never thought the airlines encourage it - the Pax started it for convenience - especially on connections. Carriers just had to adapt.
Later some carriers made a virtue out of it but, I reckon, did not start it. Now they know the Pax want this and want to pay as little money as possible.