Originally Posted by RonAiler
I made a suggestion to a number of airlines over the years, including AA, that passengers asking for/assigned to exit row seats be tested before boarding to see if they can actually open a window exit in an emergency.
I had never seen someone complain before, but a few months ago I was on a BA flight where 2 elderly people were sitting in the emergency exit row. They were clearly frail and had been wheeled to the plane by gate staff, and assisted to their seats by FAs. A man a couple of rows away complained that they should not be seated in the emergency exit row, as they were clearly unable to open the door in the event of an emergency. BA FAs replied that they would not reseat these passengers. I wondered about what it took to actually get someone reseated under these circumstances...and made a note to use the other exit if needed!