Originally Posted by
BeatCal
You are wrong!
Reread the law.
It says they must stow ONE chair in a space other than the overhead (does not state "closet" - I have had mine most often stowed behind seats)...
Just as a point of information/clarification, the chair could not have been simply stowed behind a seat as that is not an approved stowage location for an item of mass. It is possible that the air carrier may have installed a supplemental means of restraining the seat in that location but in all cases, the means of restraint would have been required to meet the emergency landing conditions associated with the basis of certification for the aircraft type. This is why an enclosed space, such as a closet, is typically specified as the stowage location as it is designed and intended for the restraint of items of mass.