Originally Posted by
GetSetJetSet
i'm sure soon we won't be allowed to ask that question or demand English language skills of people in the exit row because it will be considered "racist" and we all know that not being possibly considered racist is more important than safety.
Not racist just sometimes, ill mannered unpleasant and rude. I personally cannot abide rudeness especially to those who it might be considered are less fortunate.
I for one am flabbergasted to think that a reasonable level of English is required to operate a door. Or to interpret the diagrams around the door, on the seat back or the card handed to those sitting in the row.
I also wonder about the concern about English but not about overweight and/or drunk English speakers who I have seen in the exit row.