A senior airline exec has mentioned to me he is only waiting for the day they have a hard landing, a number of bins open and there are widespread pax injuries. Cue direct compensation, tonnes of bad
PR and possible regulatory issues.
I would have thought that, given the sheer number of landings that have ever taken place, if it hasn't happened by now, it's an unlikely scenario. Murphy will doubtless be along shortly, law in tow, to prove me wrong. More likely someone is going to get their case down from a bin, bounce it off another passenger's head and break their neck.