A 797 will Change the Travel Culture

Carry-on luggage is the key here. The 797 is designed for customers to wheel on something in the 15 KG realm using a simple lifting effort. Gone will be the anxious wait for luggage back in the terminal luggage turnstile. The 797 overhead bins will just be large and engineered to drop into the face of a boarding passenger giving it a  convenient position. A passenger who is only 5" plus tall and 90 pounds may heft a larger carry-on than what is now allowed, while slinging the end of the bag, case or backpack, catching the edge of the bin and then sliding the carry on into its depths. Passengers already seated should just stay seated assuming its bag has already been stowed above. However, having a three day supply of stuff for a trip matches well with those conferences we all love to adore. For the small in stature, a cleverly engineered interior should be able to accommodate the vertically challenged or muscleless traveler.

A United Airlines carry on has a restriction for size is 9 X 14x 22 inches a 797 bin could go an inch higher all around the dimension metric. Maybe just enough for the third day of clothes and a laptop computer to boot. Why? The 797 will have seven seats across and more storage space than a 787 jetliner.

Current overhead bin limitation

An inch here and an inch there, then viola you make it to Friday on a Monday night departure when traveling on the company's travel budget. Just have wheels and a lifting handle on the bag and get one end to the overhead bin edge with the other on your shoulder and shove. Unloading could be controlled easily by pulling a well placed strapped handle on the bag and then the second freehand catches the bag before it konks somebody's head below. Don't overload or make it heavy that would be rude creating an obnoxious hazard for others. The carry on bin will rotate upward to the higher ceiling in a power-assisted swing controlled by the flight attendant. Isn't it grand to design the passenger space with more room to play with?