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Old Mar 7, 2015 | 5:43 am
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BobH
 
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Originally Posted by davie355
I'm going to be on a 14-row CRJ next week. The seat map shows at least 1 empty seat in every row. The last few rows are completely open. This is a late evening weekday flight.

I realize seat maps are imperfect indicators of load but is it probable that passengers will have to vacate the first rows of the plane?
The only time I've seen passengers moved around was on a Saab where 5 of the 33 seats were being used.

Of course on that plane, there were no good seats !!!.

What's more likely to happen, particularly in the summer, is someone having to get off because the plane was over weight.

Bob H

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