On 27/05/11 09:14, Arfa Daily wrote:


"harry" wrote in message
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On May 27, 8:27 am, "DerbyBoy" No-one wrote:
I returned yesterday from Furteventura. The queue to merely drop off luggage
for the Ryanair Flight was really annoying. It took me 90 minutes to get the
the front of the queue. We then had to run to the gate and had no time for a
drink in the Departures area. The issue seemed to be that some passengers
had baggage or documentation problems to argue about.
My suggestion is simple - for all airlines / handling agents / airports. If
the transaction cannot be completed within (say) one minute then the
passenger is sent to the back of the queue.
Baggage Drop Off should only take seconds. It is only a case of dropping bag
onto conveyor - showing document and passport. 1minute is ample time. Anyone
with an expected complication should first go to the appropriate airline
enquiry desk.
What do you think? It really is frustrating standing in the queue whilst
people re-pack their luggage as they didn't comply with their contract
conditions.

Huh. You get people bringing on stuff that should be in the hold as
"hand luggage" (To avoid waiting at the other end and charges with the
cheapies.)

I have got on (long haul) flights and found my luggage locker above my
seat full with other people's stuff. So I can't even fit my legitimate
stuff in.

I have a cure, I just pull it out and throw it on the deck and put
mine in. Does cause a row sometimes.

So you need to be glad your airline is sorting these ****s out.
KLM was the worst for not enforcing baggage rules.
Lufthansa was the best. If your bag didn't go through a hoop, it went
in the hold.
Never been with Ryanair. Full of chavs I suppose.


When I flew with Virgin Atlantic a few times ago, when all the security was
really high again, they were checking the sizes of carry-ons actually on the
jetway, just prior to the aircraft door. Any that didn't fit were taken off
the people there and then, to go in the hold. I liked that, because it's one
of my pet hates as well, and I too have moved people's 'hand' luggage out of
'my' overhead locker.

The locker above your head is not "your" overhead locker. You are entitled to
put your stuff in any overhead locker space. The reason someone else's stuff
is where you wanted to put yours is because

a) you didn't board early enough
b) someone else's stuff was where they wanted to put theirs.

Ultimately this is because there simply isn't enough space, especially on a
narrow-body plane, for everyone to put the maximum handluggage allowance in
the overheads - just like with a 13A ring main diversity is assumed - and
because some seats do not have any overhead locker space (particularly near
the exits at the front of the plane) because it either doesn't exist at all,
or other equipment (DVD players for in flight entertainment or demonstration
kit for safety briefings) is kept in some of the lockers.