Hello, Joseph!
You wrote on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:28:47 -0500:

??>> I have never understood why it is impossible to make
??>> something like a tunnel thro which carry-on luggage would
??>> have to be passed before boarding. It should certainly
??>> stop the immense backpacks that I have seen people
??>> struggling to stuff into the racks (usually just above my
??>> head!) To avoid unnecessary hold-ups, it would be
??>> reasonable to have a duplicate tunnel that people could
??>> try before actually attempting to board.
??>>
??>> James Silverton
??>> Potomac, Maryland
??>>
??>> E-mail, with obvious alterations:
??>> not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not
??>>
JC> they have template boxes at most gates in the US that caryy
JC> ons "must" fit into. all it takes is someone enforcing that
JC> which is already in place and easily monitored

That's the key thing: enforcement! There was little indication
last time I flew.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not

Following up to EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)

    >I've seen people struggle to make fit into the bins would
    >NEVER fit under a seat, and are so large I wonder their
    >owners can lift them (some cannot).

and I wouldnt want dropping on my head.
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The Reid wrote:

    > Following up to EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)
    >
    >
    >>I've seen people struggle to make fit into the bins would
    >>NEVER fit under a seat, and are so large I wonder their
    >>owners can lift them (some cannot).
    >
    >
    > and I wouldnt want dropping on my head.

That, too! :-)