Originally Posted by
likeitis
You must not of paid attention then. I flew and commuted on 717's for years and have been using 170's for commute for about a year. I can remember only 1 time where a 717 ran out of overhead space but it's a common occurrence on the 170.
Of course an airplane designed for ~110 seats but only with 80-90 would have more overhead space per passenger than an airplane designed for 72 seats with 72 seats installed.
Like I said, the 170/175, in my two years of riding on them to and from work, didn't have any more overhead storage issues than a 737 or DC-9 series airplane (US Airways, United, Northwest, Delta, etc).
Obviously, others' experiences my vary...