Originally Posted by Raffles
The new Ryanair planes have 12 exit-row seats with extra leg-room (because there are four exit doors in the middle of the plane) and you can normally get one because most pax are leisure travellers who don't know such things exist.
Yes, I've been surprised by EasyJet in this regard...I flew from AMS-BFS-AMS with friends, one who is 6'4", and we got assigned to boarding group B or C. He was dreading this, assuming he'd end up in a middle seat with no leg room. But sure enough, when we walked on we were able to get the entrance row which has the most legroom on the plane. Why 40+ people would pass these seats by amazes me! Then the same thing happened on our return flight (although we were group A that time).
To stay on topic, I've flown "Sleazy Jet" about 6 times, and all the flights have been just fine...never late and never a hassle.