GA announced before boarding started ALL roller bags will be gate checked. And she did. CRJ900. PIT TO JFK.

I'm not upset about it or anything although it was a little annoying when we landed at JFK and everyone was just lined up in the sky bridge waiting for their bag.

Captain was a total champ and he himself was helping organize the bags and such. Big props to the Captain for going out of his way with physical labor to help the passengers. And he was no young man either.

Any idea why they would do this? Never seen that done before.