1. And a recent safety conference in Washington about injuries caused by objects flying out of overhead bins produced some alarming information. 2. And the chocolate macadamia nuts are already snugly stockpiled in a carry-on bag that fits into the overhead bin, along with the cell phone. 3. Beyond that, many airline passengers are nincompoops who place such things as loose bowling balls in overhead bins. 4. A child should not have to battle other passengers for overhead bin space. 5. Advent AirAds has Federal Aviation Administration approval to market placards that would be stuck on overhead bins. 6. Airline officials say they jam overhead bins, slow boarding and deplaning and fray tempers as gate agents increasingly demand that bags be checked. 7. Airline passengers would see advertising messages when they reach for the overhead bins if an idea touted by a specialty ad firm takes off. 8. Also, new planes coming into the fleet all have bigger overhead bins, Ms. Anthony said. 9. Business travelers on heavily booked flights, he said, sometimes complain that they cannot find room for their carry-on luggage in jam-packed overhead bins. 10. Certainly flight attendants, whose work is too often under-appreciated, are weary of being bruised by parcels spilling out of overhead bins and onto their heads. |