Emergency exit seats

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The list of unsuitable occupants is ssentially as follows (there are some minor airline/national variations).

• No Children
• No Obese
• No Disabled
• No Prisoners in Custody/Deportees
• No Infants
• No Elderly/Frail

Out of curiosity, how would CC deal with a seemingly 'suitable' person who occupies an emergency exit who then becomes intoxicated with alcohol mid flight?

As Tight Slot has alluded to in a previous posting, normally there are no problems when an unsuitable pax has been asked to change their allocated emergency exit seat during the boarding process.

I could however, envisage potential confrontation should a 'suitable' person (on boarding) who has been allocated an emergency exit be asked to move 'mid flight' due to becoming intoxicated during the journey.

As anyone under the influence of alcohol may not be allowed to board an aircraft, it would be a reasonable assumption to state that a pax who was sober on boarding and becomes intoxicated later, then that pax should surely be deemed as unsuitable to fulfil the requirements of occupying such a seat? Indeed, such a pax could potentially be a hindrance should an evacuation become necessary.

Perhaps a rule could be implemented (assuming there are no such guidelines/ACOP's in place) that anyone occupying emergency exits will not be served alcohol for the duration of the flight. I would suspect that many passengers would not be so keen on bagging such seats if this was enforced!