I really think there should be some kind of certification. Perhaps an online course and quiz in order to be able to sit in an exit row. I see many people in exit rows that really have no business being in an exit row.
My sister-in-law was a flight attendant for United for years and Pan Am before United. She said people would just ignore her, when she was asking the questions required for a flight attendant to ask of a person sitting in the exit row. They would not even answer her much of the time. She would ask again and stay in their space until they finally paid attention. Earbuds in ears, looking out the window, reading a book, such rude behavior. She retired in 2004, so this is not recent behavior.
Maybe, but what is the list of lives being saved by people in the exit row of an airplane? Sure is rude to ignore the talk, but how many people think
Honestly, you're describing an Airline Employee, not a paying customer
If they were all trained airplane employees in those seats, great. Perhaps people sitting in an exit row with some type of training should get a discount. While the chance of an emergency is rare, there are a lot of people who simply freeze up when disaster strikes. Are those the people we want sitting there?
We sit in the exit row quite a bit. In every instance we have been asked by the flight attendant for an affirmative response.
This is my greatest fear with this announcement. Most other airlines reconfigured their seating when they started offering extra leg room. They often didn't remove any rows of seating; instead they just reduced the seat pitch for all of the standard seating to make room for a couple extra inches for "extra legroom" rows.
Not true in FLL this passed April 2024.
Rick's tall and our son is also tall. Our son thinks it's agony to be in economy class, and he won't do it. Rick is okay with SW, but he was very unhappy on Frontier.
Of course they will reduce the seat pitch for the "standard" seat
Running on bald tires doesn’t generate new revenue, but it’s still not a very good idea.
I wish you were there and could hear the angry from the passengers in Group A.
@rickandcindy23 , on my recent flight to Atlanta for a business trip, the flight attendant asked this man 5 times and he would not answer and finally she said sir, I will need to move you since you are unable to answer my questions and suddenly he had a voice and said oh yes I agree to whatever you just said and she bent down and stated everthing again and said to him do you understand and do you agree, I think that man was finally embarrassed and said yes again.
been there. done that. It is almost like they want you to miss your connection.
This is from July 3, 2024. It shows preboards, A group, family boarding, then B and C. Can you provide something that shows the change you are talking about that happened April 2024?
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This is from July 3, 2024. It shows preboards, A group, family boarding, then B and C. Can you provide something that shows the change you are talking about that happened April 2024?
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I have had terrible situations occur on every airline I have flown
Pedro is the one who insisted it had changed based on his experience. He provided a date of that change, just wondering where he got the info.