REVISITED: I’m taking my bags in an airplane evacuation

(UPDATED MAY 2019: After the crash in Moscow where 41 people died, quite possibly / likely died due to people stopping to get out luggage from the overhead bins, I updated this pots to re run)

In September 2015, I wrote something where I declared: Sorry, I’m TAKING my bag in an airplane emergency. This topic came up after a British Airways jet caught fire at Las Vegas McCarran airport.  My theory was that my laptop bag was kept right under my seat, and it would take virtually no time for me to grab that, put it on, and quickly evacuate the plane.

I agree with those who say that you should not be taking large roller suitcases during an airplane evacuation, and you shouldn’t be stopping to open up the overhead bins….