Originally Posted by
KC10 FATboy
If anything, the charging for checked bags has meant delays in boarding. On full flight, the gate agents, ground crews, and FAs are busy gate checking bags that were too large or had no space left in the overhead bins. This had led to late departures not to mention some disgruntled passengers.
From the ramp perspective I noticed this too. Here in ANC F9 had the most gate checks on a nightly basis, and it lead to most of our delays.