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Old Aug 22, 2016 | 3:04 pm
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CyBeR
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Originally Posted by emma69
Some airlines would want you to stay in your assigned seat until everyone is on board and they have confirmed the manifest. I was on a European carrier last year and there was an issue with the manifest, so they asked everyone to move back to their assigned seats, so they could work out who was missing!
All airlines want you to sit in your assigned seat for take-off due to weight and balance. Not a huge deal if the plane's almost full, but more so if the load is light (which of course tends to incur the most shuffling.)
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