Originally Posted by cavortingcheetah
Mind you though, when flying First or Club class on smallish aircraft such as the A 320 or the 737; it is not unusual to find the first couple of overhead lockers crammed full of crew baggage.
Dead right there - or unread newspapers/magazines, or demonstration kit for safety briefings and so on and on. The airlines really need to think this one through as well. And then, because of that, your bags get moved by a 'nice' crewmember to a bin 10 rows down the plane - then try retrieving them against the flow on disembarkation.