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Old 02-19-2012 | 01:55 AM
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Commuting even in uniform won't except you either.
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Old 02-19-2012 | 02:22 AM
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I read it to mean you can carry three bags. The regular 1-1 limit (a roll aboard and a personal bag) AND your flight case (it says the flight case is exempt).
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Old 02-19-2012 | 05:02 AM
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Then the next sentence says "This flight bag exception applies only to mainline co-workers.". So 1 bag and personal item. Thus if u have your rollerboard suitcase, a bag for your headset/etc, a lunch bag, and those with jep cases would have to be consolidated or checked to maintain the 1 and 1 rule. ENJOY. We all know there are certain gate agents that will use this against us pilots just to show us they have power.

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Old 02-19-2012 | 05:04 AM
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Mainline only I hope. Commuting home today from a TDY, have to take all 3 bags with me 1-1 and flight case, can't leave anything here.
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Old 02-19-2012 | 05:20 AM
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Mainline only I hope. Commuting home today from a TDY, have to take all 3 bags with me 1-1 and flight case, can't leave anything here.
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Old 02-19-2012 | 05:43 AM
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Originally Posted by BHopper88
Carry-on policy ensures speedier boarding during busy travel weekend Posted February 17, 2012

Non-working Inflight Services or Flight Operations co-workers, including commuters, are no longer exempt from the 1 1 limit except for their flight bags. This flight bag exception applies only to mainline co-workers.

The FAA and United Quality Assurance auditors are monitoring enforcement of this policy, and non-compliance could result in fines.
Why would the FAA care if a non working crewmember is mainline or not? All they care about is the bag count. Sounds fishy to me. Looks like this is market driven and not Fed driven, and Unical is worried about ticking their own crews off, hence the exemption for mainline only.
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Old 02-19-2012 | 05:44 AM
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If worse comes to worse, stay polite and sweet-talk the agent into a grabbing a gate-check, festoon your bag with crew tags, and then on arrival run down the jetway stairs to get it at your arrival city before they toss it over to baggage claim. I do this whenever I board last and there is no space in the cabin, which is more often than not anyway if I've got the whole bag-train behind me.

Thanks for the heads up.
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Old 02-19-2012 | 05:55 AM
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If worse comes to worse, stay polite and sweet-talk the agent into a grabbing a gate-check, festoon your bag with crew tags, and then on arrival run down the jetway stairs to get it at your arrival city before they toss it over to baggage claim. I do this whenever I board last and there is no space in the cabin, which is more often than not anyway if I've got the whole bag-train behind me.

Thanks for the heads up.
Dude, this seriously sounds like a great way to get your behind busted by TSA.

I can't imagine what they would think when I run onto a SIDA ramp to grab (what is now a checked bag) that I plan on bringing back up inside a sterile secure area.
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Old 02-19-2012 | 07:17 AM
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Been dealing with this for a while. Im to the point where i wont take all of my bags on board even if the gate tries to let me. If they want this policy, they can have it. Every flight after a deadhead im scheduled to fly will be delayed due to this. No skin off my back. The more flights are delayed, the more likely they are going to start using common sense.....or maybe not
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Old 02-19-2012 | 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by flyguy23
Been dealing with this for a while. Im to the point where i wont take all of my bags on board even if the gate tries to let me. If they want this policy, they can have it. Every flight after a deadhead im scheduled to fly will be delayed due to this. No skin off my back. The more flights are delayed, the more likely they are going to start using common sense.....or maybe not
"Second, only working or deadheading Inflight Services or Flight Operations co-workers are exempt from the 1 1 limit."

So if you are deadheading, you are exempt.
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