I assumed that one would wear this thing to be able to also take the one carry-on – which would go overhead, and the one laptop-bag sized ‘personal-item’ which would go under the seat.

Of course maybe this thing could go on top of the carry-on in the overhead, but the last few flights I’ve been on have been filled to capacity – including the overheads.

Although this might be not that practical for flights, it might be useful for taking long walks on trails or perhaps day hikes or minimalist overnight hiking. I hate taking backpacks if I can help it and this might fit the bill.

Also, I find the wine bottle carrier (2 bottles!) to be highly relevant to my style of hiking.

We were talking about space dedicated to baggage storage, which should be obvious from context frankly

I had the impression that a lot of people were concerned about having to share a row with someone dressed like the Michelin man.

Seat pitches could obviously be better, to put it mildly.

Never got the impression that space is a huge problem in an airplane cabin…

Lucky you. How are things at the Lullaby League these days?

Well, not if you’re flying first class, or are the size of a typical 10-year-old child, I suppose.

Again, I’m not defending– or damning– airlines.  I don’t know their sales analysis, & I’m willing to believe they are tossing the customer under the wheels in order to eke out another buck– whatever.  If you want to write letters, or boycott, or whatever, that is all well & good– but this is only rude to the people sharing the flight with you.

(Should there be a hyphen in there?  A comma?  I mean– you are right that it is an ambiguous sentence, but is it grammatically wrong?  I get that you are being playful– I just can’t figure out how to unstick it!)

And then I guess you can take it off when you get to your seat-of-sitting.

They travel great though. I’ve never had any problems with security in terms of having too many pockets. Though it was a challenge for them to find the lighter hidden in one of the 19 pockets I had on me once. The jacket I have hold my iPad and phone, along with a magazine, tickets, bottle of water, sketchbook, pencils, sunglasses, wallet and various other bits. And it doesn’t bulge out and look stupid… well, if I jam a camera in the pocket, which is large enough, it looks a little daft. 

And you still get to take on your 1 or 2 bags. I recommend these type of jackets if you have to travel at all. You just put all your metal in the jacket and you only have one thing to pick up after security. 

Even though I don’t agree that airfares are really “inflated” as some people here say, transporting a checked bag that’s heavier than 23 kg doesn’t cost the airline the 30 euros per kg(!) that many airlines charge these days. If they insist on inventing ridiculous surcharges to make the basic fare appear cheaper they pretty much have to expect that folks will exploit loopholes.

(I usually travel with no checked baggage and a backpack that fits comfortably under the seat in front of me so please don’t hate me if you are unfortunate enough to sit next to me. Also, wouldn’t the “airplane next to you” technically be a different plane and thus not really affect you?)