Commuters: beware UA/CO carry on policy
02-19-2012, 05:02 AM
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Then the next sentence says "This flight bag exception applies only to mainline co-workers.". So 1 bag and personal item. Thus if u have your rollerboard suitcase, a bag for your headset/etc, a lunch bag, and those with jep cases would have to be consolidated or checked to maintain the 1 and 1 rule. ENJOY. We all know there are certain gate agents that will use this against us pilots just to show us they have power.
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02-19-2012, 05:43 AM
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Carry-on policy ensures speedier boarding during busy travel weekend Posted February 17, 2012
Non-working Inflight Services or Flight Operations co-workers, including commuters, are no longer exempt from the 1 1 limit except for their flight bags. This flight bag exception applies only to mainline co-workers.
The FAA and United Quality Assurance auditors are monitoring enforcement of this policy, and non-compliance could result in fines.
Non-working Inflight Services or Flight Operations co-workers, including commuters, are no longer exempt from the 1 1 limit except for their flight bags. This flight bag exception applies only to mainline co-workers.
The FAA and United Quality Assurance auditors are monitoring enforcement of this policy, and non-compliance could result in fines.
02-19-2012, 05:44 AM
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If worse comes to worse, stay polite and sweet-talk the agent into a grabbing a gate-check, festoon your bag with crew tags, and then on arrival run down the jetway stairs to get it at your arrival city before they toss it over to baggage claim. I do this whenever I board last and there is no space in the cabin, which is more often than not anyway if I've got the whole bag-train behind me.
Thanks for the heads up.
Thanks for the heads up.
02-19-2012, 05:55 AM
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If worse comes to worse, stay polite and sweet-talk the agent into a grabbing a gate-check, festoon your bag with crew tags, and then on arrival run down the jetway stairs to get it at your arrival city before they toss it over to baggage claim. I do this whenever I board last and there is no space in the cabin, which is more often than not anyway if I've got the whole bag-train behind me.
Thanks for the heads up.
Thanks for the heads up.
I can't imagine what they would think when I run onto a SIDA ramp to grab (what is now a checked bag) that I plan on bringing back up inside a sterile secure area.
02-19-2012, 07:17 AM
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Been dealing with this for a while. Im to the point where i wont take all of my bags on board even if the gate tries to let me. If they want this policy, they can have it. Every flight after a deadhead im scheduled to fly will be delayed due to this. No skin off my back. The more flights are delayed, the more likely they are going to start using common sense.....or maybe not
02-19-2012, 09:00 AM
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Been dealing with this for a while. Im to the point where i wont take all of my bags on board even if the gate tries to let me. If they want this policy, they can have it. Every flight after a deadhead im scheduled to fly will be delayed due to this. No skin off my back. The more flights are delayed, the more likely they are going to start using common sense.....or maybe not
So if you are deadheading, you are exempt.
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