// in reality one passenger fumbling around looking for a spot for their carryon bags can easily add 2 minutes
Yes but in the new model this delay is on top of an improved baseline so you are still 2 minutes ahead on average.
A good indicator that this matters is that United, who presumably knows their business better than you and I, is excited enough about it to implement the change.
// Nobody needs more than that for personal items that may be needed during the flight.
The goal of carry on isn’t for me to access personal items. It’s to enable me to get out of the airport and be in the taxi, half way to my meeting, while you wait for the carousel.
My experience suggests coprorate decision making is never as data driven as it seems. I'm willing to bet there's some VP at United who is banking on the hype for this to carry them into the next echelon.
Yes but in the new model this delay is on top of an improved baseline so you are still 2 minutes ahead on average.
A good indicator that this matters is that United, who presumably knows their business better than you and I, is excited enough about it to implement the change.
// Nobody needs more than that for personal items that may be needed during the flight.
The goal of carry on isn’t for me to access personal items. It’s to enable me to get out of the airport and be in the taxi, half way to my meeting, while you wait for the carousel.