EasyJet large cabin bag

Goodness, Nanny27

Where on earth do you go for your holidays??!!
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Haha Barbadosbelle. This was originally an article in a national newspaper but has since been taken up by travel journalists. A woman asked a fellow passenger to lift down her bag for her and carry it off the plane. It was then found to be carrying drugs and the woman was interrogated at the custom point

Every airline has clear instructions online about the size of cabin bag they accept. It’s not confusing.

Staff will not lift your bag. Rightly so.

Managing people putting bags into the lockers is one thing. It’s not their job to lift up the bags. A few years of doing that day in-day out and their backs would be wrecked!

Putting the proverbial cat amongst the pigeons when travelling business the cabin crew are more than willing to stow any bags in overhead lockers.

On some carriers in first they would be affronted if you done it yourself.

Retired cabin crew here. If someone particularly frail or with mobility issues needs help with putting cabin baggage in the lockers, majority of crew will help them stow it - not take the whole bag themselves, but assist with placing it. If a bag is more than about 8-10kgs, it would usually be tagged up, taken off and put in the hold. If the holds are already closed up, then it will follow on the next flight. Airlines now include as part of their general training, specific training on how to lift bags safely but if, when testing the bag for weight, it feels too heavy for the cc member to lift, or help lift, it’ll be put in the hold. If this happens to you, remember to obtain the “limited release” tag from the cabin crew as it has the matching bar code on it (in case it doesn’t make that flight and ends up in Timbuktu….)

"vegansrock*
I haven’t had any problems with the large cabin bag on EasyJet. Get a younger passenger or the staff to put it in locker. I got my bag from TKMaxx ( take a tape measure with you to double check) .
Erm why should a younger passenger be responsible for your baggage! If you can't lift it,don't take it!

NannyC1
Of course another passenger isn’t responsible for my baggage - my OH normally does it, but if anyone was struggling he’d help them as would most other passengers.

Nanny27

There have been cases (excuse the pun) of passengers ask8ng other passengers to lift their bags in order to get finger prints on to the bag. When searched at customs they are found to be carrying drugs and the passenger who helped has one hell of a job explaining that it's not his (her) bag. For this reason it is advised never to handle another passenger's luggage.

First of all, fingerprints arnt taken if drugs are suspected.
They are taken if they suspect an immigration irregularity.
But let’s suppose that they were taken?
Unless the person who helped had their prints on file the customs officer would have nothing to match to.
It’s the same rubbish as the mad axe woman in the back of your car.