Originally Posted by
Flythe96flag
Could it also be related to the exit rows needing to be occupied for take off and landing? Once on an AY A321 with 10+ rows of J but less than 10 passengers, the FA asked two passengers from Y to sit in the unoccupied exit rows for take off and landing. They spent the rest of the flight back in Y though.
Aviation safety managers do not like this. If there is a deprssurisation at altitude and the need for a sudden diversion, the cabin crews have got better things to do than reseat those pax back to the exit row for the landing. The seat belt sign would be on throughout anyway. They should stay there all the time. In any event, the dispatcher should have caught this and sorted it out at the gate before boarding, not leave it to the crew on board. It would only be if the pax booked for the exit rows did not turn up that the cabin crew would need to do this.