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What others say: The overhead rack

Frequent traveler | 7:22 a.m. July 6, 2009

It will be a sad day for me if this bill passes. I am one of those people who take a carry-on suitcase on board as well as a backpack filled with papers and a laptop. I don't want to pay the fee to check in my luggage, only to find out that it is lost on the other side of the flight. So, for as long as I can, I will bring everything on board and squeeze it in the overhead compartments!

Russ in Naperville | 8:09 a.m. July 6, 2009

Is there any aspect of life the government does not want to regulate? Must whiney people, so self-absorbed, so special in their own minds, selfish people establish the rules for the rest of us?

The businessmen targeted by this piece of nanny state legislation make the airfares we all enjoy possible.

Leave road warriors alone.

The last thing we need is the TSA adding yet another worthless task to the checkin process.

Michael | 12:03 p.m. July 6, 2009

I, for one, would be absolutely thrilled to be able to jettison my carry-on luggage, and take that long walk from the check-in to the departure gate unencumbered by my worldly goods. I would also want to have a reasonable assurance that airport employees would not be rummaging through my bags to steal my camera or my medications, to know that my luggage would arrive at the same destination airport as the one I'm heading to, and to know that I do not have to wait for the Second Coming to retrieve my luggage, undamaged from the baggage carousel. Until then, I will travel light, and carry on.

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Z | 2:11 p.m. July 6, 2009

Frequent Traveler, Russ and Michael, obviously you three are among the offenders standing in the aisle trying to cram everything into the overhead compartment. But hey, why leave room for anyone else. As long as you get there first, who cares who has to wait or try to fit their stuff in later.

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