Ground staff earn €2.50 for every piece of oversized luggage that they intercept. Meanwhile, passengers who are caught out pay a much bigger penalty
Ground staff earn €2.50 for every piece of oversized luggage that they intercept. Meanwhile, passengers who are caught out pay a much bigger penalty
Name: Oversized cabin bags.
Age: Venerable – but prior to the advent of airline cabins, they were simply known as “bags”.
Appearance: For our purposes, anything larger than 40cm by 30cm by 20cm.
How am I supposed to know if my bag is bigger than that? Shove it in that cage by the gate desk at the airport – if it doesn’t fit, you must submit.
Airline staff will be able to earn €1,000 a year by identifying more than one rule-breaking bag per day
CEO Michael O’Leary ‘makes no apology’ for airline’s policy and says monthly cap of €80 will also be removed
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Michael O'Leary told the BBC the change would come in November, and that he made no apology for it.
