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Nihil

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16. If it needs wheels, it is not "hand-luggage".

Reply to SoapBox (Reply #8)

Fri Jun 19, 2015, 08:47 AM

Jun 2015

Nothing with wheels attached should ever be counted as "hand" luggage.

The only things with wheels on that need to go into the cabin with a passenger
are wheelchairs (for the elderly or infirm) or pushchairs (for infants) and they
get stowed in specific areas.

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Global Airline Group Scraps Idea Of Smaller Carry-on Luggage [View all] brooklynite Jun 2015 OP

I bet the response was "intense", I'd throw in a few other words too. hobbit709 Jun 2015 #1

Have you seen the seating design Airbus was looking to patent some months ago? tblue37 Jun 2015 #4

Bah. Stack 'em like cordwood. n/t christx30 Jun 2015 #2

Maybe IF airlines stop losing luggage and charging for checked bags Matariki Jun 2015 #3

People need to learn to travel lighter Dopers_Greed Jun 2015 #5

No one tries to take multiple giant suitcases on frazzled Jun 2015 #7

No, the airlines charging for first checked bags ruined it for everyone. Gormy Cuss Jun 2015 #9

The problem isn't just a matter of traveling light. cab67 Jun 2015 #12

Ya think? frazzled Jun 2015 #6

And the fucking chaos of luggage in the cabin continues... SoapBox Jun 2015 #8

Another thing is airlines need to start from back to front yeoman6987 Jun 2015 #10

They should also limit the number of people who get to board early. cab67 Jun 2015 #13

I agree a million percent! yeoman6987 Jun 2015 #14

No - it would not have changed ANYTHING other than making people buy new luggage dbackjon Jun 2015 #11

Do you also support 1.5 quart half-gallons of ice cream? Psephos Jun 2015 #15

If it needs wheels, it is not "hand-luggage". Nihil Jun 2015 #16