Originally Posted by
hfly
He is disabled plain and simple and cannot be in such a seat. I would strongly suggest that you do not try and game it, as most likely if he makes it on the flight he will be moved, and quite likely to a terrible seat.
Indeed, I witnessed this a few weeks back on a flight. Gent inbound from Canada pre boarded A320 with a stick. He was in exit row. Cabin Crew insisted he moved. All got a bit stressful but he had to go. Of course the only seat left was Row Z middle seat. This then left the cabin crew to negotiate with several others to move so the guy could have an aisle seat. Plane went late inconveniencing 160 odd. As others have said - don't try and game it.