As far as the "many years ago" incident with the broken leg, that was a whole different ball game, before the world went safety conciousness mad (in many cases, at the expense of common sense).
Yes this was before they started coming around and asking if you were able and prepared to operate the exit, and as I said the hostie was trying to be kind to someone, but she was NOT thinking about the danger she could have been putting us all in by doing it.
