Don't know if anyone can answer this, but in F and J there is more space or fewer pax per row - thus making it easier to get off the plane in an emergency, but also easier to retrieve your belongings - are F / J pax more or less likely to leave their things behind?
Originally Posted by
bchandler02
It all goes back to the amount of carry on luggage people bring. For me, with just a backpack, there's almost no impact to the time it would take me to grab it on my way and go. For others that bring the kitchen sink with them, they are the ones that will slow it down.
Unless I see immediate danger to myself, I'll be taking my backpack in any evac. It contains many of the above mentioned critical items that would help me get through the next 24 hours after an event.
Even if I'm bringing the kitchen sink, I would leave that behind in the overhead locker; my backpack is usually under the seat in front of me and during a normal landing, it is on my shoulders within 1-2 seconds of the seat belt sign being turned off (provided that I can stand up - so excepting the rare times I'm in a middle seat with 2 strangers either side)