could hit another passenger.
They could damage something.
So asking for assistance can actually be the sensible thing to do.
The goal shouldn’t be:
“Everyone must lift their own luggage.”
The goal should be:
“Luggage should be handled safely.”
If someone needs help getting a bag into an overhead compartment, getting assistance can be safer than watching them struggle with it.
But There’s a Difference Between Helping and Enabling
I can also understand the other side.
If someone routinely brings an enormous, ridiculously heavy bag onto every flight and expects
