Replaying the Air Laws series this month...because so many have forgotten. And so many more need relief:
AIR LAW 4: All airlines will provide additional storage space in the front of the cabin for those passengers that are forced to sit in bulkhead seats.
Most adept travelers with significant carry-on luggage avoid the bulkhead seats because there are no seats in front of them under which to cram said luggage. In other cases, veterans that fly airlines that board from the back of the plane know that the chance of getting their luggage stored over their row decreases with each row called. I see these passengers dumping their bags over Row 8 when they're seated in 16, knowing that they can grab it on the way off. Of course, such a manouever shows a startling lack of concern for the passengers in Row 8...but that's why Air Laws have become necessary.
If airlines fail to provide storage cutouts at the bottom of each bulkhead, it is only fair that the flight attendants store these passengers' bags in the area usually reserved for first class passengers' coats...or, you know, someplace else up there.
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