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Old Oct 19, 2016 | 12:06 pm
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Originally Posted by janehoya
Apologies if this is a silly question but I'm not well versed with the plane configuration. Was 16D not part of the exit row, and as such, shouldn't it have been off-limits to the gentleman with crutches? Just wondering.
Putting the guy on crutches in 16A definitely sounds like it would be against regulations, and that second FA should have known that.

But in 16D? I guess it depends-- While the airline may certainly market them as 'exit row' and collect money for them as being 'preferential', are the seats in the center section of a widebody's exit row officially considered exit-row seats in terms of FAA regs on who is/is not qualified to sit in them?

Anybody know?
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