We sell some pieces of quality luggage at Brookstone. I've seen customers get better results with ballistic nylon than leather. Actually had to run a return on a small leather roll-aboard that got badly torn up. The guy said he travels alot to Chicago for work, always on Continental, either a 737 or XJet ERJ. He always wound up having to check it on the jetway, and I think he may have also said it was rough getting it to fit in the ERJ overhead. Instead of doing a straight return, we recommended he take an exchange and try the same exact model in ballistic nylon. For your luggage bag I also recommend a roll-aboard that has a suiter or "shirt shelf". It provides a rigid backing to mount your pilot shirts on to help prevent wrinkling. I'd imagine when you finish a 6-leg day with another one comming in 8 hours, you don't want to waste time ironing your shirts and pants.

Personally, I use a cencal flight bag for my flying and I love it.

 

[QUOTE=MikeB525]The guy said he travels alot to Chicago for work, always on Continental, either a 737 or XJet ERJ. He always wound up having to check it on the jetway, and I think he may have also said it was rough getting it to fit in the ERJ overhead.[QUOTE]

Yeah when your a passenger there isn't enough room for everybody to bring on their rollaboards so they valet it.
But when you are the pilot usually take it on board. It will fit in the ERJ overhead as long as the bag isn't bulging.

 

Space for your luggage. I guess thats one area where pilots still get respect!