Originally Posted by
milhouse999
Certainly an interesting one, Easyjet clearly had no intention of having a passenger use these seats and they planned to move anyone who had booked into these seats to alternatives once all had boarded.
It appears the whole row has missing backs - which begs the more interesting question in my head, those behind had no seat pockets, tray tables, and it would make a 'brace' slightly different. Would there be sharp parts sticking out of those broken seats? who knows.
Seats would have been inspected for protrusions and any other physical interference with the row behind.
Vertical struts could cause an issue if the passenger is flung from the chair at an angle, likewise if an unbelted or walking passenger or CC happens to be thrown in to the air and lands on one due to turbulence, there could be an issue, however, as we know, this is about risk assessment;management and not risk elimination.
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