Originally Posted by
Daysleeper
That said I support a review of the standards with the changing demographic and physiology of travellers.
Several times I have been seated in the overwing exit row of an Embraer 190 with a neighbor in the window seat who was so obese that they would certainly not be capable of opening the door and even if they could they literally could not fit through.
I also see an increase in the number of passengers, including in the exit row, using noise cancelling headphones attached to their own devices during takeoff and landing; so unable to hear any announcements.
And some cabin crew don't know or don't care. I have posted this before:
KQ takeoff run