Originally Posted by
thevagabond
Yup. It's amusing watching the overheads fill up with dead heading crew bags and then watching the chaos unfold as the paying passengers have limited space to put their stuff. And many times that is aft of their seat assignment.
I never put my bags in the cargo bin when I have a positive space deadhead. I've had too many bags damaged when they ride underneath. My handle is broken now for just that reason. I put it underneath on personal travel and it got damaged.