Originally Posted by
BHopper88
Carry-on policy ensures speedier boarding during busy travel weekend Posted February 17, 2012
Non-working Inflight Services or Flight Operations co-workers, including commuters, are no longer exempt from the 1 1 limit except for their flight bags. This flight bag exception applies only to mainline co-workers.
The FAA and United Quality Assurance auditors are monitoring enforcement of this policy, and non-compliance could result in fines.
Why would the FAA care if a non working crewmember is mainline or not? All they care about is the bag count. Sounds fishy to me. Looks like this is market driven and not Fed driven, and Unical is worried about ticking their own crews off, hence the exemption for mainline only.