• Can I firstly just ask for clarity sake, are the seats between 30D and 30G technically classified as part of the exit row or just more leg room seats (if any in PY can be classified that way)?
• Also what's the barrier between PY and J like here? Is it a physical wall or just a curtain? (I'm thinking it probably is a wall, but just want to establish the scene).
• And finally, how much space is there really there? Can a person sitting there stretched out with the leg rest still have space between him and the wall?

My thoughts are that during take off and landing all areas must be clear. I had a stuff bag at my feet on my last CX flight last month and I was asked to move it to under the seat in front - and I was sitting in the middle of the middle section (I was being chivalrous and letting my partner have the aisle seat!) in Y. So any area must be clutter free during TOAL. After that, crews actively tell exit row pax that they can bring their bags down during the flight. Now in the normal exit row areas, doing that is fine but in some you have the issue of other pax standing around stretching, particularly if you are near the lavs. It's not their space. However using the my recent A350 trip as an example, even with their long legs stretched out, there was still room for pax to stand about in the exit area while waiting for a loo to free up. I'm guessing that in seats 30D to 30G there isn't and I'd probably be annoyed if there was a constant stream of pax crossing in front of me.

The fault here lies in the planning of this cabin by CX and not either leaving sufficient room for a person to pass unhindered from one side of the cabin to the lav, or putting it somewhere that it was easily accessible from both sides. Ultimately, CX could put a sign on the wall here pointing to the WC indicating that this is a route to it.

The moral of this story is that if you are flying PY on that aircraft, book a seat on the RHS of the plane!