COLLINS – Please, stop trying to cram oversize bags into the overheads

DESPITE my obvious physical challenges, I would much prefer to fly at Christmas than drive. My theory is simple — I would rather be stranded at either end of the trip than in the middle.

That theory was supported by the many road delays last week on our major highways.

But my biggest concerns about flying are dinky aircraft not even made for normal-sized humans and the efforts of travellers to save the costs of checking bags by piling everything they can into a carry-on case before trying to jam it into increasingly small overhead containers.

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