Overhead Bins Grow To Hold Larger Carry-Ons

American VoicesOpinion 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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