Actually the real answers are coming from "what would you do" . I read the seat card and the sticker over the door when I sit in the exit rows knowing that it's really up to me to act. Yes I agree that it makes sense to get rid of the obstruction out the door and bounced it off the wing considering that there is sure to be a crush of people pushing on the seat backs trying to get out the visible door hole.
I remember bringing this subject up more than ten years ago on the Avsig forum where I related my recent experience with a commuter airline where the seat back card differed with the sticker over the exit on where to get rid of the door. One of the FAA DC managers who was active on that forum read my post and asked me for the name of the airline
