Baggage Rage: Limited overhead luggage space sparks fight on Sydney flight
December 18th, 2009
It was bound to happen. Stressed passengers and limited luggage space make for a rough combo.
A passenger got punched when tempers flared aboard a Singapore Airlines flight en route to Australia.
After a short enforced period of limited carry-on baggage following 9/11, we’ve all seen passengers at airports with a huge, wheeled bag, a laptop case or purse, plus a shopping bag. Sooner or later they’re going to get paired in the same row as another asshole trying to do the same thing. And when they start moving each other’s bags around and occupying other passengers’ overhead space, it seems like just a matter of time before more conflicts like this occur.
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The airlines ( and the selfish/ ignorant bastards who do it) are at fault – by the time the moron has gone through to the customs area it is too late for the baggage to be stowed somewhere else – like in the hold where it should be.
These selfish bastards should have to leave their baggage at the airport they are departing from and arrange for it to be sent on later.
Whilst on board the gutless stewards should ensure that the baggage is only stowed in the compartment allocated for it- not just anywhere it fits – usually in my spot!
Inconsiderate, ill mannered,uneducated, mannerless selfish imbeciles should not be tolerated and significant financial and other penalties should be applied rigourously against them – why should they benefit by not paying excess baggage and then causing discomfort and inconvenience – A copy of an extract from J.S. Mill’s “On Liberty” dealing with the question of “self and other regarding actions” should be read out ( in Chinese mainly) rather than the pointless monologue about how to blow up a life vest – you won’t be able to find in an emergency anyway because it is jammed into an inaccessible spot because you couldn’t get your own carry on baggage into the overhead bin!