Though written from a different perspective, there’s a lot of sanity and wisdom in this column:
There is currently a bill before American legislators that would set one standard for bags carried aboard, as opposed to allowing airlines to make their own rules about sizes. It seems a ridiculous thing to legislate, but some sanity needs to be brought to the table. Passengers who check a modest bag and carry almost nothing aboard are contributing to the quick, orderly entry and exit of the airplane. For this, they ought to be paying us, not vice versa. - Kelly Egan in the Ottawa Citizen