Re: Flyyying

[Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com>]

| However, according to flight regulations, the really comfortable seats
| which are in the cabin front and next to the emergency exit cannot be
| assigned prior to flights.  The airline should verify that passengers in

Right, that's the problem.  I can easily get an assigned seat in
advance (in fact, I always do), but getting the exit row seats
is the really important trick.

| those seats are able to read the emergency instructions and being
| physically able to open emergency doors and assist passengers in
| emergencies.

I've heard that this is not actually the case, and that the
refusal to book exit row seats is just a matter of policy.  The
original reason, to let the ticketing agents ascertain your
ability to perform the functions required, was apparently
challenged (at least in the US) under the Americans with
Disabilities act and judged to be discriminatory.

That might be apocrophal, I don't have good reference.  However,
last April when I went to Bangkok, NW called me a couple of days
before the flight and asked me if I'd mind taking an earlier
flight for the Detroit to Tokyo leg.  I agreed, but only on the
condition that they assign me exit row seats the whole way there
and back.  They did.  And for my comfortable flights, I got a
seven hour layover in the Tokyo satelite terminal, which is
easily one of the most uncomfortable airport terminals it has
ever been my pleasure to endure.  But it was worth it for 21
hours of sitting in an exit row seat. 

| Yair (Not flying much, but works for the airline industry).

Ah, well maybe you can prove me wrong then. ;-)

ObDing: Why does gnus query the nntp server when I use 'B m' to
create a new nnml group by moving an article from another nnml
group.

                                        Cheers,
                                          norm
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