Originally Posted by AllanJ
A large person is not required to wait for all the small people to exit the airplane before exiting himself in an emergency.
A passenger in an exit row is not required to whip the removable window panel out of the opening so fast that he crushes his fingers between the panel panel and the fuselage opening. In some cases the window panel is supposed to be dropped into the next seat row rather than outside where it could fall onto and damage the inflatable raft
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I thought people in the Air France threads were saying that it's better to throw the door out the window, rather than putting it on the seat as the diagrams illustrate. The reason is supposed to be that puttig it on the chair might let it get in the way off exiting passengers. Also, throwing it out the now opened exit is faster than trying to place it gently in your seat, especially when people next you are rushing to get out.