eli5 - when airplane staff at the gate pre-boarding request to have “x” amount of carry on bags to be checked because the flight is so full, why does this matter? Aren’t airplanes designed to have 1x carry on & 1 personal piece of luggage for each passenger? Submitted by Less-Natural-237 t3_zx30s2 on December 28, 2022 at 7:00 AM in explainlikeimfive No comments 1