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    Travel dilemmas: The fallout over carry-ons

    by Catharine Hamm, Los Angeles Times Apr 15, 2019 4 minutes

    Question: I am 85 years old and short - 4 feet 10 inches. I travel by plane more than 10 times a year. A flight attendant has never helped me put my carry-on bag in the overhead compartment. I have to stand there blocking the aisle until another passenger is kind enough to help me. Even when I asked a flight attendant on one flight she refused, and that was in business class.

    Christa Shackleford, Seal Beach, Calif.

    Anwser: Those of us who are vertically challenged may need help to get our bags in the overhead bin, but these days you can't count

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