Then again--maybe the luggage manufacturers are jumping with joy! 

Touchdown, flowergirl! 

As of now, the new dimensions are merely "guidelines". It is not known when some airlines may start enforcing the new dimensions. What the airlines should start enforcing is making people who stash their briefcase, coats, shopping bags, handbags, laptop cases, and dirty laundry bags (yes, I've witnesses this) from cramming them in the overhead bins when they are supposed to put that stuff under the seat in front of them. If they did this, there would be more room in the overhead bins for carry on luggage.

Aside from that, I think the airlines are just looking for more fees to jam down their customer's throats.

"Oops, that bag exceeds the new dimensional regulations . . . You'll have to check that bag . . . That'll be an additional $35 . . . sorry!"

That's why I fly Southwest whenever I can. No fees for checked bags. Even to go skiing out in Utah. Ski bag, boot bag, one bag with clothes all checked for one person, no charge.

Just Fred wrote:

Tenny has a point.  I fly maybe 4 or 5 times a year, and I can tell you from my experience, if the attendents would just enforce the rules they already have in place, there wouldn't be a problem.  I've never seen anyone actually measure the carry-ons, and trust me, many, many wouldn't pass the restrictions already in place.

 

Word. They let some passengers get away with murder.
 

Conspiracy Theory wrote:

IMO air travel is just an overpriced Greyhound ride.

....but don't forget the TSA groping.

Greyhound:  Keep your bod on the ground and your shoes on your feet.