Pax and bags
Here in La Guardia, as in Kathmandu with the Turkish Air incident, all pax evacuate with hand baggage.
I know this is an unpopular topic with aircrew who post here, but that is what people do, and telling them in the safety brief that they cannot do that is a total waste of time. Do the cabin crew police that at emergency exits? "No" must be the answer.
A complete industry risk review of evacuation with hand baggage is overdue, because prohibition simply does not work and never has. If it is not preventable because of human factors, then a mitigation strategy is required, such as slide and door design. Low cost carriers are forcing pax into hand baggage only, and that means such a review is overdue.