EU ban on one-bag only policy
Our (notoriously unreliable) local expat newspaper has a letter from a reader who states that there is a new EU policy which bans european airlines from enforcing a "one-bag per person only in the cabin" policy. I cannot find anything about this on google or elsewhere. Does anyone know anything about it?
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I certainly hope not. If the EU needs to do anything it's severely limit, by law, the amount of carry on baggage people can take! It's getting beyond the joke now how much people take on!
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This could be potential carnage on the face of it. But without knowing the specifics I'm not sure what to make of it.
To be honest technically it wouldn't make much difference if people out things under the seat in front but people are very reluctant to. It will be interesting to see how people will expect their 2 plus items to fit in the overhead. It is no longer an LCC issue whereas once upon a time it was. My recent CDGLHR BA flight was no different to an EZY flight and they have quite a few fewer seats on an A320 and the flight had about ten empty seats yet it was still an issue getting bags in and the crew were very firm in getting people to out their small bags under the seats. With BA now charging for bags (whatever way they spin it you're still paying) people have their roll ons and their additional item and it was extremely tight getting the bags in. It would just not be workable. Yes airlines could stop charging for hold baggage but we'll end up paying for that in higher ticket costs and why should I have to pay the same when I'm not putting stuff in the hold? Interesting times. I'm glad I'm out of it :8 |
Even if such a policy were possible, the moment it was made public - there would be a BIG response, not least in here. So I doubt the report.
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To answer my own question because no-one else has so far: I think the writer was referring to this from the EU regs:
As of 31 January 2014, liquids purchased duty free from any airport or on any aircraft are generally permitted for transport in carry-on baggage. A prerequisite for such transport is that the liquid be carried together with the purchase receipt in an undamaged, sealed safety bag that can be checked with special examination technology. Both liquid medications and special liquid nutrition will be examined using this technology. The safety bag must not be opened before arrival at the final destination airport. All liquids must be able to be taken out of the baggage and presented individually for the aviation security check. If the liquid cannot be determined to be completely safe, it is not permitted for transport in the carry-on baggage. |
The EU, particularly the Parliament, hates the existence of one-bag rules as being very anti-consumer, but so far has not found a way to regulate them. There was talk about modifying the upcoming review of delay/denied boarding legislation to include it but it doesn't fit comfortably.
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anti-consumer my backside.
It because as a group they want to take there trolley bag and there laptop bag on at the same time. And the females want the same plus a handbag. The fact there isn't enough room and there are issues with the overhead baggage loading limits of the bins doesn't concern them. |
The fair way to do it is to give everyone numbered tags for their bags. The rule then is that if someone wishes to place their #1 bag in the overhead bin and there isn't room, bags with higher numbers on them are removed to make room. If you can fit bag #1 overhead and bag #2 under the seat then no problem.
Implement this on flights taken regularly by EU bureaucrats so they get the inconvenience of the resulting delays as baggage is reshuffled. :E |
I remember the time they banned carry on baggage for a bit.
As operating crew it was heaven. The plane was loaded/off loaded in half the time. |
The SSK
The EU, particularly the Parliament, hates the existence of one-bag rules... |
The other way of doing it is to allow multiple bags but require that they all fit together in the box provided, thus making total volume per passenger the same as it is now.
I guess this one fails when you've got some idiot trying to get all ten of their bags out of the overhead locker while the cabin crew are trying to evacuate the aircraft. |
PAXboy I have spent far too much time this last year hanging around the European Parliament, mainly on consumer affairs issues, the one bag rule is constantly being mentioned.
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Why do passengers stand for ages at the gate even though they have an allocated seat? Because of the conditioning induced by a decade plus of the LCC seat free-for-all mentality.
Why are cabin overhead bins maxed out with baggage even when (with BA, for example) a bag can go in the hold? Because of the conditioning induced by a decade plus of the LCC money-grabbing policy of charging for hold bags. Open up the holds again and stop the checked-bag rip-off or, if nothing else, reduce the exhorbitant charges to encourage bags out of the cabin and into the hold.:D |
Or perhaps its time to flip the charges so that the airline charges you to take a bag into the cabin. Free bag into the hold upto a certain weight. :ok:
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Queing at the gate
Queuing at the gate has nothing to do with conditioning - it is so that there is a good chance you will find space in the locker for your bag. Those that get on last invariably do not (find space).
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Open up the holds again and stop the checked-bag rip-off or, if nothing else, reduce the exhorbitant charges to encourage bags out of the cabin and into the hold. |
The SSK
I have spent far too much time this last year hanging around the European Parliament, mainly on consumer affairs issues, the one bag rule is constantly being mentioned. MaxReheat Why do passengers stand for ages at the gate even though they have an allocated seat? Because of the conditioning induced by a decade plus of the LCC seat free-for-all mentality. Why are cabin overhead bins maxed out with baggage even when (with BA, for example) a bag can go in the hold? Because of the conditioning induced by a decade plus of the LCC money-grabbing policy of charging for hold bags. The LCCs have prospered not just because the legacy carriers and their govts had things sewn up, but because people always want to pay the minimum. It has been convincingly proved that if you offer a low 'headline' price and the chance to add other items at your choice - then people will buy. They feel in control of the price. Another obvious example is buying a new car, the chance to take a basic model and upgrade etc. is one that has worked for years. Open up the holds again and stop the checked-bag rip-off or, if nothing else, reduce the exhorbitant charges to encourage bags out of the cabin and into the hold Whilst the Western world continues in a financial flat line (at least another five years in my view) then I don't see much changing. |
PAXboy I think the EP's gripe is that they see it as another way for the LoCos to gouge the passenger who turns up at the airport with a slightly out-of limits bag and is saddled with a hefty checked-bag fee - or indeed a lady with a handbag as well as a 'legal' cabin bag.
The fact that differeent airlines have different limits and even within an airline, staff at one station may interpret the rules differently to those at another station is an irritant. I don't fly LoCo but I know I would stress massively about the size of my cabin bag, I just don't need that kind of hassle. |
I once did a short transatlantic trip with hand luggage only. We were warned about the lack of overhead bin space, and being in the last boarding group, I was concerned - I take snacks and entertainment stuff with me that I'd rather have in the cabin for ten hours than have it languishing in the hold. Normally if I'm travelling with checked luggage I make sure my carry-on will fit under the seat, avoiding the whole overhead locker problem.
On the plus side, it's a nice feeling to walk out of passport control and straight past the crowd waiting at baggage reclaim on arrival. When it comes to liquids, I've always taken an empty water bottle through security and filled it at a convenient water fountain in the departure lounge. Even on the occasion where I got selected for the full works security check, they had no problem with the empty bottle. I've also had an occasion where a fairly significant container of soy milk in my son's bag got all the way through the system. I was somewhat gobsmacked that such a quantity of liquid got through. |
The SSK Interesting again, and thank you.
... they see it as another way for the LoCos to gouge the passenger ...
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