Emergency exit rows
Whist on an internal flight in the USA recently, the entire exit row on both sides of the ailse was empty. After take off I moved to one of the empty seats and was promptly told by the cabin crew member (One steward only, for more than 40 passengers - Embraer175) that I could only sit there if I paid a supplement for the extra leg room. I pointed out that there would be no one to operate the emergency exits but the cabin crew member insisted that I would have to pay if I wanted to stay there. When I asked what the minimum number of cabin crew was for the aircraft I was told that that shouldn't concern me! Does any one feel that one cabin crew member can adequately supervise the emergency evacuation of 40 or more people through 3 exits, 2 of which have no one designated to open them?