Overhead Bins Grow To Hold Larger Carry-Ons

American Voices • Opinion • ISSUE 48•26 • Jun 27, 2012

Several airlines, including Delta, American, and United, are buying new planes with larger overhead bins or retrofitting older planes to accommodate larger carry-on bags. What do you think?

“Good. I hate storing my things in another part of the same plane I'm flying on.”
Chris Steadman –
Systems Analyst
“That's great news for customers. Larger carry-ons means more weight on flights, which means greater fuel consumption, which should send ticket prices down, if I'm not mistaken.”
Candice Blythe –
Mycologist
“I'm going to use the extra space to store all my problems, because I'm on vacation!”
Timothy Locke –
Flux Mixer

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