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Old Aug 9, 2013, 1:26 pm
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djk7
 
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Originally Posted by studio76
I recently took a Southwest flight after a 6 year hiatus and ended up in the row directly behind the over wing exit. The passengers in the exit rows were allowed to keep their carry on luggage stored on the floor underneath the seat in front of them - the FA did an exit row briefing with these passengers, and noted the items on the floor and just said they had to be tucked in tight. Is this normal?

I cannot recall any other carrier allowing ANYTHING on the floor in these rows and was quite surprised by this.
I've sat in exit rows on all major US airlines and have always used the space under the seat in front of me for my computer bag/backpack. I've heard FAs telling passengers that their bag had to fit completely under the seat in front, but never that no storage was allowed there. A previous posted mentioned that rules in some places outside the US might be different, that might be the case where you typically fly.
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