Are Airlines Allowed to Fly With No One in Exit Row Seats?

Just a question to settle a friendly disagreement.

Sancho Panza wrote:

Just a question to settle a friendly disagreement.

It depends. I know European regulations require someone to be seated in the
exit row on larger aircraft. There are exceptions where weight/balance
issues require seating of passengers in other parts of the aircraft for
safety, like on the smaller commuter aircraft. The US probably mirrors
those regulations.

In James Robinson
wrote:

Sancho Panza wrote:

Just a question to settle a friendly disagreement.

It depends. I know European regulations require someone to be seated
in the exit row on larger aircraft. There are exceptions where
weight/balance issues require seating of passengers in other parts of
the aircraft for safety, like on the smaller commuter aircraft. The
US probably mirrors those regulations.

Imagine a flight with only one passenger ...

--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN

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In James Robinson
wrote:

Sancho Panza wrote:

Just a question to settle a friendly disagreement.

It depends. I know European regulations require someone to be seated
in the exit row on larger aircraft. There are exceptions where
weight/balance issues require seating of passengers in other parts of
the aircraft for safety, like on the smaller commuter aircraft. The
US probably mirrors those regulations.

Imagine a flight with only one passenger ...

I don't have to!

tim

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Sancho Panza typed:

Just a question to settle a friendly disagreement.

I've actually asked this on a half-empty Westjet flight, I was in the
window seat and although half the plane was empty (with several
completely empty roads), but the guy in the middle paid a couple extra
dollars to book that seat in advance and apparently didn't want to move.
Fair enough. I figured I'd let him have the exit row seat if he wanted
it and I'd take a free row to myself, but I checked with the flight
attendant since I'd already gotten "the speech"

I was told that someone needs to be seated in the exit row during
take-off and landing but between I'm free to sit elsewhere, and/or the
middle-seat guy could take my seat.

Whether that's a US or Canadian regulation, or just a Westjet policy, I
don't know.

On 02/23/2011 04:54 PM, Bert Hyman wrote:
In James Robinson
wrote:

Sancho wrote:

Just a question to settle a friendly disagreement.

It depends. I know European regulations require someone to be seated
in the exit row on larger aircraft. There are exceptions where
weight/balance issues require seating of passengers in other parts of
the aircraft for safety, like on the smaller commuter aircraft. The
US probably mirrors those regulations.

Imagine a flight with only one passenger ...

... it's called "cancelled for technical reasons"..

In message someone claiming to be Tom
P typed:

On 02/23/2011 04:54 PM, Bert Hyman wrote:
In James Robinson
wrote:

Sancho wrote:

Just a question to settle a friendly disagreement.

It depends. I know European regulations require someone to be seated
in the exit row on larger aircraft. There are exceptions where
weight/balance issues require seating of passengers in other parts of
the aircraft for safety, like on the smaller commuter aircraft. The
US probably mirrors those regulations.

Imagine a flight with only one passenger ...

.. it's called "cancelled for technical reasons"..

Not if the need the equipment somewhere else to service a flight that is
worth the money...

On 02/28/2011 07:21 AM, DevilsPGD wrote:
In someone claiming to be Tom
typed:

On 02/23/2011 04:54 PM, Bert Hyman wrote:
In James Robinson
wrote:

Sancho wrote:

Just a question to settle a friendly disagreement.

It depends. I know European regulations require someone to be seated
in the exit row on larger aircraft. There are exceptions where
weight/balance issues require seating of passengers in other parts of
the aircraft for safety, like on the smaller commuter aircraft. The
US probably mirrors those regulations.

Imagine a flight with only one passenger ...

.. it's called "cancelled for technical reasons"..

Not if the need the equipment somewhere else to service a flight that is
worth the money...

Agreed. But it could make the difference between an airline that cares
and Ryanair.