Originally Posted by
DANNYB111
Is this a possible result of the increasingly cramped cabins forcing people from the front to the exit rows?
We can't say for sure, but, anecdotally, quite a few people on FT have said they'd start selecting an exit row in ET over any row other than 1 in CE.
There has been similar anecdotal reports of row 1 being occupied sooner that it might previously have been.