Aircraft was 737
I should have also mentioned that I was the only person that was asked to move and, it seemed to me, to be a spur of the moment decision. Casually walking down the aisle checking seat belts. Takes a step past my seat then returns. I would have thought that an instruction from the Captain would have seen her act with more purpose. Of course this is only my perception... Maybe she should have moved someone from the extremities of the aircraft to have a greater effect.
What you all seem to be missing is that I was overwing... pretty much the pivot point and CofG point of the aircraft. To move me three rows would have achieved next to nothing. If I was in Row 1 and asked to move to Row 26... well yes I can understand that.
Mathfox... Thank you for explaining the relevance of that article. With only 4 lines of text in the article, it was difficult to understand the cause of the strike.
davecfm56... Thanks for the explanation. Not sure what aircraft you fly, but on the 737, it is actually quite difficult to throw the aircraft out of balance unless you decide to seat 350 passengers in the back 15 rows, or the load controller decides to load all the freight at one end of the aircraft.
Jetset Lady... Yes, if the Captain had personally approached me, then I would have moved at his request. Please don't imply that I dislike CC or believe them inferior... and I am not one of your typical difficult passengers. I tend to be the passenger that just reads a book for the entire flight, but the obvious deception really irked me!
Flightfreak... No, I didn't move. The CC just moved on and continued checking seat belts. Hard to believe this was an instruction from the flight deck.
Tightslot... Ditto Juan Tugoh
Antonovman... Thank you. Someone finally sees my point.
About me... ATPL Captain, with 18years experience working in Helicopter Offshore operations... so, yes, I understand the legalities of W&B, Manifests and the complexities of CofG calculations... which is why I find it so difficult to accept any of your explanations as... and I will say it again... I was overwing and asked to move three rows. So I doubt this was a request from the flight deck as moving one person 3 metres would have achieved next to nothing.
Anyway, on a lighter note, thanks for your contributions and please don't take my posts as arrogant. Just being curious. I was actually hoping to hear that this comment is used sometimes for xxxx reason or yyyyy reason which is what Juan Tugoh alluded to. Thats it from me... I'll go back to Rotorheads.