OK, OK, I’m not going to bang on about it...but I have decided that Club Europe in the new cabin is not worth paying the extra for. I still have a few outstanding flights, booked before I realised what was happening, so all I can do at this stage is hope that the new cabin will not be on those flights. However, 9 of my next shorthaul journeys (mostly from December) are all booked in Euro Traveller with exit row seats 12A carefully selected for all the flights (I like the views!).

Now, it may seem like a daft question - but now I have positioned myself next to the exit, and with slight anxiety that I might end up seated next to some psycho patient on day release from Broadmoor - are the doors locked!?

I am fully aware that by selecting the seat I have indicated my willingness to help with the doors during an evacuation, but can someone explain how well they are actually shut during the flight?

With this information I will be able to set my mind at ease, in the knowledge that should an unlikely event actually happen, I will at least have some idea of how the thing works!

Many thanks in advance