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Article: Carry-on policy changes annoy airline passengers Flight attendants, gate agents say they now have to be baggage police
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- November 9, 1997
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Julie Stripling describes herself as a "covered-wagon kind of
girl" when it comes to packing for a flight.
"I try to cram everything I own into these two little bags because
I hate letting my stuff get out of my sight," she said.
She was frustrated last week when she was told by an American
Airlines gate agent that she would have to check one of her bags
before boarding a flight to Los Angeles.
As part of a new carry-on bag policy begun last month, flight
attendants and gate agents had allowed some passengers to bring more
than two bags on the flight. But by the time Stripling arrived, the
overhead bins were already full.
"This really makes me angry," Stripling said.
The new policy requires ...