Proper suitcases I don't mind, but these are clearly carryable. Moreover, they're often not proper suitcases but large briefcases. I think the large pilot's type case has become somewhat of a status symbol, proclaiming to the world that here is a hard-working executive who takes his office home with him in his bag. The answer is a computer-type backpack, like mine,into which I fit raincoat, laptop, lunch, book to read and all the files I need. But of course that doesn't have quite the same cachet.