I'm sorry if this comes off the wrong way, but that is ridiculous. People who have trouble walking and need assistance should have to walk farther to the rear of the plane? All that will do is slow everything down. If you ever fly out of the airports going to Florida from the Northeast, you will see many people who would have EXTREME difficulty going down the aisle and many need assistance to get to the plane.
Maybe the reason why they took the seats in the front of the plane is that they needed them!!!
How would the De-planeing go? Would all the "able bodied" travelers now have to parade around a slew of wheelchairs on the jetbridge???
Just does not make any sense...