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Originally Posted by stb155 (Post 10940217)

How is that even allowed from an safety point of view ?

Motivating passengers to clogg up the cabing with their luggage any more that absolutely necessary is insane.

Empty overhead bins, where stuff would be out of the way and secure.Instead have clogged up floors, just to make (or because of saving) a few $.

On high density seating, with swim wests under seat, there is hardly enough room for just you legs and feet.
Putting anything on the floor that could be stowed elsewhere is an unnecessary obstacle in case of evacuation.

Maybe COVID wil drag on long enough for that whole loco bunch to go away for good.

I agree completely. Not on a low cost carrier, but using Swiss out for Nürnberg to Zürich on a full RJ100 I was sat down the back, all around me passengers were stuffing the (small) overhead bins with bags, then cluttering the floor, I was seriously very concerned as to how I and my fellow travellers, both with and without excess carry on luggage were going to escape were required to do so in an emergency landing or abandoned take off.

Ever since then I have thought that it will only take a fatal accident where the numbers of dead and injured were exacerbated by difficulties evacuating do to excess bags in the cabin to really give the industry a jolt and make a return to some sort of sanity regarding carry on luggage. It shouldn't need to come to this, and with EasyJet making this move, and the potential for other carriers to follow, hopefully the unnecessary fatalities may never happen.

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Originally Posted by Runaway Gun (Post 10939134)

Just how much jewellery and medication do you need to take? Simply wear your gold chains BA Baracus style, and smuggle the drugs like a mule.

Smaller iPads are available now, just wear larger glasses to read them.

I’ll pass your helpful suggestions on to Mrs VC I’m sure she will be very appreciative.......

Here is one to consider, I was sitting in the 'B' and M'lady in 'A'. This was my view of the 'C' in a 737-800. I think this constitutes obstruction. I told M'Lady that, if we had to make a run for it to be ready to jump on the seat to avoid it. Yes, I should have drawn attention to it but decided not as the bag was in full view and it was clear what would happen.

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....9364805b9e.jpg
This was, as you can see, on full fare. Taken a couple of years ago.

No need to worry he/she would probably take the bag with them if there was an emergency :-)

Yes. execpt that it is hooked over the table. They would have had to let the table down to release it. One never knows how little time there may be.

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Originally Posted by crewmeal (Post 10942025)

No need to worry he/she would probably take the bag with them if there was an emergency :-)

And probably, stop to get the overhead baggage on the way too.

The overhead lockers on the A320 are bigger than the B737 where Ryanair normally have to put cabin baggage into the hold once the they bulk out at around 90 pax.

A320 typically only requires a few bags to go underneath and this normally only occurs with a full cabin or on certain routes which are baggage heavy.

Obviously a money making idea as they have little need to restrict hand luggage, unlike Ryanair who need
to reduce cabin baggage to avoid having to put it in the hold with the increased handling and turn around time.

A few points about this.

1) easyJet offloads an average of 14 bags per flight

2) AFAIK nobody is stopping the use of the overhead lockers. It says it should fit under the seat. That means in theory there should not be any need for offloads due to running out of space in the cabin. Offloading cabin bags is a big source of customer dissatisfaction.

3) You can't pay extra for the larger cabin bag which would be profiteering.

4) The extra legroom/up front seats also gets you the larger cabin bag size plus a smaller bag and priority boarding

5) If you fly at any frequency the easyJet plus membership gets you all this for a fraction

6) Flexi fare customers get all that as well as fast track security and some complimentary food/drink

7) Standard seat passengers can still bring the larger bag and use "Hands Free" for £7. "Hold baggage" gives you two options. 15kg and 23kg

8) Those an easyJet holiday get 23kg hold luggage included

9) Failing all that, the new standard cabin bag size bag dimensions are larger than you think.

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Originally Posted by PAXboy (Post 10941921)

Here is one to consider, I was sitting in the 'B' and M'lady in 'A'. This was my view of the 'C' in a 737-800. Taken a couple of years ago.

737-800? BA has never operated 737-800? [unless this was Comair, South Africa?]

I really do not understand if you thought it was enough of a safety issue to photograph it, why would you not have raised the issue with a member of the cabin crew?

Yes, it was Comair, well spotted. I took the balance of probabilities:

Judging the occupant of the C seat and their possible reaction.
The fullness of the flight - only a single rotation each day to this destination.
The possible problem was clear and well defined.
It would only have affected us two and we were aware of it.

Does no one remember 2001?

In the aftermath of the WTC attacks no one was allowed cabin baggage and boarding proceeded much more smoothly.