Hundreds of readers responded to our survey earlier this month asking about the need for federal regulation of carry-on luggage. Our readers clearly voted that we don’t need a federal law and, even more strongly, they don’t want TSA enforcing any such law. Respondents blame the airlines for adding to the problem with luggage fees and then not policing their own policies.
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This may come under the “careful what you wish for” category. We have all grumbled under our breath (well sometimes, no-so-under-our-breath) about passengers carrying oversized luggage aboard plane as carry-on luggage. Rep. Lipinski (D-Ill.) is proposing a law mandating the maximum size of bags a passenger can carry on board.
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The battle between the airlines and passengers regarding the amount of “stuff” (that’s a technical term) that passengers can bring with them is seemingly never-ending.
Checked baggage fees keep going up and up, and carry-on limits are more carefully enforced. The combination means passengers have a greater incentive to bring as much as they can on board, but to consolidate it upon boarding.
So, instead of bringing books and papers separately, many travelers will pack them in a carry-on, but then put the bag overhead, and the reading material in the seatback pocket in front of them. Others do the same with toiletries, craft materials, and other things they want to use in flight.
Now this practice could just be about to change.
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Ned has surveyed almost 100 business and leisure airline passengers to determine their air travel peeves and frustrations with some surprising results.
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Not so many years ago, packing the essentials signified clothes, toiletries, medications. With more and more electronics, you’ll need additional accessories. Karen Fawcett is in the middle of a long Asian trip and learning as she goes.
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After a brief respite following the TSA’s crackdown on liquids, the overhead bins of many flights are filling up again as fliers have adjusted to the new rules. As The New York Times reports, the turf war for carry-on space has led to some rather uncivilized behavior.
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