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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have heard FAs say- I don't lift bags.

It always catches me by surprise when it is a elderly woman or really short woman or even an unaccompanied 12 year old who can't lift their bag up. Also, I have a terrible back but I am still helping other people when the FAs refuse to help[/quote]

I am one of the people calling the overreactors here jerks but I don't think FAs (or anyone) should be REQUIRED to help and I believe FAs are sometimes not allowed to because it exposes the airline to workers comp risks[/quote]
Of course they shouldn't. They aren't even PAID while passengers are boarding. What kind of a AH would ask someone not even being paid to do a basic task [b]that they should be able to complete themselves[/b].[/quote]

Why should they? They “should” be taller? They “should” be older (in the case of children) or younger (in the case of the elderly)? Perhaps the aircraft designers “should” have taken more care with making bins accessible for more passengers, but your idea of what people “should” be able to do is simply…your idea. [/quote]

Is this putative child not traveling in the company of an adult?![/quote]

Are you unfamiliar with unaccompanied minors? [/quote]

They have a FA assigned to them, and they PAY for this. Very different from just expecting people to manage your shit. [/quote]

We all PAY for the use of overhead space. You’re saying people who don’t meet a specific criteria should not receive what they paid for — and in fact should pay more— because of where airline engineers chose to put access to bins. Its  ridiculous. [/quote]

No, you don’t pay for overhead space. No one is guaranteed any space. Maybe in first, but certainly nowhere else. [/quote]

Just because no one is guaranteed to use it doesn’t mean we don’t pay for it. Its the whole premise behind “basic” economy tickets not coming with carryon bags[/quote]

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