Gadling

This site recently had a 4-pg. tantrum from a flight attendant who complained that she had developed back problems, migraines, leg pains, from hoisting wheeled luggage that weighed more than she does, into the overhead bins, for women who didn't want to chip a nail. My first question was how they got it onto the plane in the first place if it obviously didn't fit whatever measuring template ("Does It Fit?") her airline uses for carry-ons. I'd like to present the other side of the coin: I carry only a dufflebag about 12x12x24 inches; boarding, I passed, and greeted, the attendant with it in one hand, and my cane in the other. Once seated, I found it was about an inch too tall to fit under the seat (It's always fit every measuring template). The same attendant came by, and told me I had to put it in the overhead; I'm disabled, and buckled into the middle seat; told her it's physically painful for me to hoist myself out of a chair, and asked if she could toss it up for me. "Huh-uh", and she walked away. The man sitting on the aisle, smaller than she was, possibly afraid I might fall on him, or maybe just a little more compassionate, bounced out of his seat, tossed it up, and sat back down, giving me better service than the airline; it took him maybe 20 seconds, start to finish.

Reply