I must admit some responsibility for the much maligned small baggage bins which I discovered during one of my many visits to BA at Heathrow to discuss the Tristar operation (I never did find out why BA needed them). Despite being awkward they were very useful particularly once the Tristars were converted and the belly hold could no longer be used for baggage. Of interest I did submit a savings measure to retain one Tristar without fitting tanks in the belly hold on the grounds that this would allow it to be used in a full pax fit. The offset was that this aircraft operating for 1 day could then replace 2 x VC10 operating for 2 days on the Nairobi and Calgary runs. This measure was taken up but I was always amused to see that subsequently, over the years, getting rid of this airframe was consistently offered as a savings measure; so getting rid of at savings measure to make a saving!