Last week I was on an Air Asia flight from Kuala Lumpur to Phuket and was shocked to see the procedures followed to ensure low fare paying passengers are kept out of "premium seats".
On the flight there was only one passenger who paid for the premium seat and as we boarded I noticed seats in rows 2,3,4 and the overwing emergency exit rows all had the tray tables down with a seatbelt draped over the top.
I assumed this was to stop boarding passengers sitting in those seats and that the tray tables would be stowed prior to takeoff.
NOT SO ....the tray tables remained in the open position for the entire flight.... yes for Takeoff and Landing thereby blocking the overwing exits. This is extremely dangerous .... had an evacuation been required the overwing exits were not available.
Is this "creative" thinking normal practice or did I just happen to catch a flight which was crewed by a negligent cabin manager?
Air Asia pilots ...you should ensure this practise is stopped immediately.