The Carry-on-Baggage Bubble Is About to Pop

It's frustrating to read articles like this written by people who obviously don't travel much and therefore have no clue what they are talking about.

- Yes there are way fewer overhead bins than there are possible space for. This is a very well known thing to anyone who has ever boarded a plane.

- Not having carry on bags is an unworkable solution to anyone who ever has to connect anywhere, or values their time in any way. - Checking bags adds a minimum of 20 minutes on either side of the flight in the best of cases, and when you have a delay and rebooking, not having checked bags will very often be the difference between you making the flight on the same day at all or not at all. - The real problem, as any frequent flyer knows, is that airlines don't enforce their sizing guidelines. If they actually did, then a solid 30% of carry on bags would be refused at the gate because they are too large to fit properly in the bin and take up more space than should be allowed.

Just maybe … if airlines got rid of baggage fees people would stop cramming everything in their carry-on !!!

Would also help if they stop selling “lost” checked luggage…

The planes are fitted to maximize the number of passengers. More passengers means more luggage. This isn't rocket science. The simple solution is to reduce the size of free carry-ons. Unless there's a (financial) dis-incentive the behavior isn't doing to change.

Its still a pandemic because people can't behave, just stay home already. geez