Alaska Airlines announced it will configure its new 737-900 aircraft with larger overhead bins. These bins have 48% increased storage space, much needed in this era of check-in luggage fees.
Kudos to Alaska for responding favorably to consumer needs! More on this story at the Puget Sound Business Journal.
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Larger carry-ons won’t be allowed. Just more of them. If you are among the last folks on a long flight (say to Hawaii) now, your carry-on will be checked as there is not enough bin space.
People need to be cautious about taking stuff out of a bin — that doesn’t change with more or less bags in them.
Having had a heavy object dropped on my head from an overhead bin, not sure I like the sound of this. More space is good, but filling an over-our-heads space with ever more large objects, given the certainty of gravity, I’m not so sure.