Do you think the FAA's policy is a problem?
1. If people are worried nobody will get their bags for a long time, they'll be less likely to follow safety protocols and leave them behind.
2. It's bad to take people's things away for a long time.
3. Even if you assume people will obey, it can cause more harm than good in non-dire situations.
None of those reasons require the passengers to be notably logical.
And I have no idea what correlation you're talking about.
People do not worry more or less because of some particular 1 in a billion billion event that happened yesterday. Well, maybe yesterday, but wait a day!
On the other hand, revising rules and regulations would have real costs for you the taxpayer.
> On the other hand, revising rules and regulations would have real costs for you the taxpayer.
I am happy to pay the cost of revising a few paragraphs so that the regulation stops screwing people over! Don't steal people's most important bags! If that needs a rules change, it won't be a complicated one. Once the plane is safe to be on, get everyone's carry-ons within a few hours.
