Originally Posted by
robb
... As a GM, I used to fly ORD-LAX with some regularity (it's where I got my first 2P status). This was before E+. At 6'5", I really needed that exit row seat. I used to book an early evening flight to LA knowing that I might have to change flights two or three times to get on a flight where an exit row was available. Many times I'd be booked on the 5:00, and end up going out on the 9:00 because that's where I could get the seat...
Me too, before I first made 1P. I'd get to the airport 3+ hours early to ask for a seat change to the exit row. That is the only way I survived 2 transpacs on my way to status the first time at 6-4+. And one reason to never, ever again fall below 1P. The EMBs and CRJs would kill me before I ever got to the mainliners. I can't even imagine a 10 hour flight in E-.
