"Preferred Seats"
A question from a SLF (with some varied aviation background)
Just been checking loads on an airline's web site, who show seat plans, and I see that there are "preferred seats" (i.e. the emergency exit rows) marked and labelled "Preferred seats are for our (frequent flier club) passengers and can be booked if you are a member of our (frequent flier) club"
This has never been my understanding of the requirement for "exit row" pax - I always thought that the requirement was something to do with fitness to operate and open the windows!
Scenario:-
You board the aircraft and find that a couple of pax in the exit row are obviously not suitable, for one reason or another.
Do you move them? Even though they are frequent fliers (maybe "gold") with your airline, who insist that, as Gold Fliers they booked those seats and don't want to move? Maybe they refuse to move?
Scares me - I have seen pax in the exit rows who are definitely not appropriate (I do have sympathy for a mother with baby on her lap, but she's not someone I'd want to rely on the get the window open quickly!)
Interested to hear what CC here think
(serious question - not trolling)