haertig, I’ve spent some time considering this question, and here’s what I think.

If an overhead bin won’t latch, the plane isn’t allowed to leave the gate. I’ve been on a flight where one of the bins wouldn’t latch and they had to move the luggage out of it, and fly with it open and empty.

What does it do to the airline’s maintenance costs and on-time performance if we add a another system that can break?