guern123
17th Mar 2013, 08:58
Without mentioning the airline in question, I have now TWICE been on one of their flights and no-one has been sat by the emergency exit doors. Last time this happened on my next flight (with a different airline) they moved me to by the emergency exit door and when I asked "why did they just not leave the seat empty?" they said "some one is required to sit there". I was not sure if this was an individual airline requirement or if meant to be standard operating procedure across all airlines.
The airline that failed to put people by the doors just seems a bit laid back with safety issues as an example on my return flight we WERE by the emergency exit doors and we WERE asked if we were happy sat there when I replied yes the statement from the stewardess was "OK the instructions are on the door". I have also heard some one else say that they came back on one flight operated by this airline and only 3 people were on it and the steward said "Seeing as there are only 3 of you on board the exits are here and here" that was the full safety demo.
I also do not remember the crew checking our seats were upright trays away, bags under seats and seat belts on, although I cannot confirm this as I was more still thinking over the no people in the exit rows.
Are there written rules / procedures that airlines must follow or is it all down to individual airlines ? Although I have preferred airlines and may complain about certain ones when it comes to safety all airlines need to comply and be criticisedif not performing their duties
The airline that failed to put people by the doors just seems a bit laid back with safety issues as an example on my return flight we WERE by the emergency exit doors and we WERE asked if we were happy sat there when I replied yes the statement from the stewardess was "OK the instructions are on the door". I have also heard some one else say that they came back on one flight operated by this airline and only 3 people were on it and the steward said "Seeing as there are only 3 of you on board the exits are here and here" that was the full safety demo.
I also do not remember the crew checking our seats were upright trays away, bags under seats and seat belts on, although I cannot confirm this as I was more still thinking over the no people in the exit rows.
Are there written rules / procedures that airlines must follow or is it all down to individual airlines ? Although I have preferred airlines and may complain about certain ones when it comes to safety all airlines need to comply and be criticisedif not performing their duties