Easy Jet - seating arrangements
I am not sure if this has been discussed before but whilst travelling on an EasyJet flight recently I noticed that only people with Children under 5 years old were invited to board first
On boarding the flight I noticed a number of children 6-14 who were seperated from their parents and in some cases were distraught, some displaced from their parents thoughout the flight.
The issue for me is this - if there were a serious problem with the aircraft which necessitated an evacuation of the aircraft i.e. cabin fire etc., I just wonder how many parents would actually try to get to their children, rather than immediately going to the emergency exit of the aircraft causing even more chaos in the cabin, and preventing a fast evacuation of the aircraft.
I can understand the rationale for not allocating seats, but I do think that potentially safety is potentially being compromised here, and that all parents travelling with children under the age of say 14 should be allocated seats with them.
Anyone any thoughts on this - or am I just being overly concerned?