Airlines are cracking down on hand luggage passengers – with some calling to scrap overhead lockers entirely. According to The Atlantic, planes aren’t designed to carry as much as they are now with passengers carrying on “more and bigger stuff than the aircraft can accommodate”.
David Young, a designer who has worked on cabin features for Teague for 20 years, told the publication that something needs to change. He said in a warning to passengers: “I’d say we’re at a breaking point. We’ve hit as big as we can go.
“Maybe we don’t need carry-ons at all. Someone needs to step out and say, ‘We’re not doing this anymore. This isn’t the right experience for air travel.’” A spokesperson from American airline Frontier told The Independent last year that the carrier paid bonuses to airline staff for every bag they charge extra for.
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They said the fee is “simply an incentive for our airport customer service agents to help ensure compliance with our policies and that all customers are treated equally.” With Ryanair, passengers can have one personal bag measuring no more than 40cm x 20cm x 25cm.
With EasyJet, passengers can have one personal bag measuring no larger than 45cm x 36cm x 20cm. With Jet2, passengers can have one personal item that fits underneath the seat in front and one cabin bag no larger than 56cm x 45cm x 25cm weighing up to 10kg.
With TUI, passengers can have one personal item that its underneath the seat in front and one cabin bag no larger than 55cm x 40cm x 20cm weighing up to 10kg. With British Airways, passengers get one personal bag no larger than 40cm x 30cm x 15cm and one cabin bag no larger than 56cm x 45cm 25cm weighing up to 23kg, it says.
