Originally Posted by
cats_five
People will still want to take them in the cabin as there are delays waiting for hold baggage, plus there are plenty of airports with light-fingered staff, and bags can get damaged. Not only will hold bags have to be free, the light-fingered staff and damage will have to be addressed, and it will have to cost as much to take more than a handbag in the cabin as it currently costs to take a hold bag.
address those issues instead of using them as an excuse.