So you like flying with a seat with:
- rigid arm rest / seat dividers
- no recline
- no drop down tray
- probably no IFE screen
- no seat back pocket for documents, books, etc.
- no bags under the seat in front
Originally Posted by
peuce
Geez, you blokes mustn't have traveled much overseas.
Very poor assumption. Until my retirement two years ago I was doing 500+ hrs / year as SLF on all continents except South America and the Antarctic.
Originally Posted by
peuce
It's common to charge for the exit rows on most airlines overseas......
Not my observation at all. Common? Yes, possibly. Most airlines? Definitely not.
However I do think that we probably need to differentiate between the over-wing emergency exits in the narrow-bodies and the "near the door" seats on wide-bodies, for which no user restrictions seem to apply.
I can see some value in those seats and might burn a few points to use one.
But the restrictions associated with being seated in the narrow-body, over-wing exits is a different kettle of fish.
Oh, and I last flew in one of those seats nine days ago. My allocated seat, not my choice and not selected. No additional cost. And no pretense that it any way represented a premium service.