Originally Posted by
BingBongBoy
At an exit which has a crew member responsible for it, then no, it is absolutely fine.
If it were the over wind SELF HELP exits on an A320 or A319, then yes, it would not be allowed.
That clarifies it. Anyway I am OK with a normal row as my flights on 319 and 320 tend to be short. It can be funny at times though when the clerk at the checkin desk doesn't notice the fact that the blind bloke got assigned an exit row seat. Happened only twice in the last 6 months. I was flying to Dublin in August last year. The nice ladies at the lounge noticed it though and they managed to find an isle seat after 4 or 5 phone calls. The second time was when I was flying to Brussels in December. It hadn't been detected until I was on the plane and one of the cabin crew was guiding me to the seat. After profuse apologies they found me a middle seat (was assigned a window as per my BAEC preference). In both cases, I was blissfully unaware that I was supposed to be in an exit row until they told me.