Originally Posted by
777Pax
It is an FAA rule. Basically, under-seat stowage is allowed only if items can be stowed (or re-stow of shifting items) from your seat or if there is a tie down or cross bar preventing movement.
Think about it this way, as there is no tie down or cross bar to prevent bags from sliding out from under the seat as the aircraft climbs, said object could become an obstruction in an emergency.
it is not.
There are many, many planes and carriers that allow underseat stowage in an exit row without crossbars or straps.
How an airplane gets certfied by the FAA may, due to many factors, result in a 'rule' against stowage in the exit row. It can be as simple as the carrier, in an emergency procedure, does not have the FAs 'check exit row is clear' as a procedure step. To fix this, they instead chose to forbid stowage. I dunno....but it isnt that FAA has a blanket rule for all carriers, all aircraft.
BA, as a system wide policy prohibits this.
The only plane ive been on where AA prohibits this is the A321.