Originally Posted by
dmbolp
This; an FA stands in an Exit aisle seat until the plane is almost fully boarded, very few people ask for it until towards the end, if at all
I sometimes ask early in the boarding, then the FA moves to a different aisle seat. No difference to subsequent boarders.
But beware if it’s an actual exit row. On that case the FA has usually asked the aisle seat passenger to move to the middle seat temporarily, meaning that the aisle seat is not available to you.