Originally Posted by
LNL76
I agree that either you can pass RCT or you can't. However, FAs are not really supposed to be responsible for loading bags in overhead bins. If pax pack them and can schlep them the whole way onto the plane, they should be able to stow it themselves. We are told not to risk injuring ourselves doing that task.
My understanding is that flight attendants are supposed to be proactive in assisting passengers and insuring the overhead bins are properly loaded. When we had song the flight attendants did this extremely well. The fact they were proactive in the loading insured that despite the 757's having more seats then the mainline we almost never had to check bags and the boarding process was much smoother. If however flight attendants are not supposed to assist the passengers or insure proper loading of the overhead bins then they should at least be capable of lifting their own bags into the overhead.