child seat and seat plus on Air France
Feb 4, 2012 | 4:02 pm
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child seat and seat plus on Air France
Hi, i'm travelling from Paris to Johannesburg on AF 0990 (Airbus 380-800) and i rang air france in order to book (and pay) 3 seats with extra legs room (which they call "seat plus"). I did say one of us is a child, and they gave me 90E, 90F, 90G. Then i looked in the internet at the seating plan of the plane and realized they gave us emergency seats, although not near the windows, but in the central aisle. Then i got worried that they will not let us use those sits (even if we bought them) because of the child. I rang again and they said it's fine, but i'm not convinced, the website is pretty clear about regulations on children and emergency seats...any ideas??
Last edited by catfromrome; Feb 4, 2012 at 4:03 pm Reason: mistake!
Feb 5, 2012 | 7:35 am
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Hi, i'm travelling from Paris to Johannesburg on AF 0990 (Airbus 380-800) and i rang air france in order to book (and pay) 3 seats with extra legs room (which they call "seat plus"). I did say one of us is a child, and they gave me 90E, 90F, 90G. Then i looked in the internet at the seating plan of the plane and realized they gave us emergency seats, although not near the windows, but in the central aisle. Then i got worried that they will not let us use those sits (even if we bought them) because of the child. I rang again and they said it's fine, but i'm not convinced, the website is pretty clear about regulations on children and emergency seats...any ideas??
Feb 5, 2012 | 7:40 am
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yeah, the center section, even if it appears to be an emergency row, is not considered the exit row for seating purposes. It is the seats that immediately adjacent to the exit door that count. (The rationale being, of course, that children are not strong enough or mature enough to operate the door as needed in an emergency and also that in an emergency parents would be preoccupied with their children and not operate the exit properly and/or impede access of others to the exit.)
Feb 6, 2012 | 2:51 am
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Thank you!! do you know where i can find this in writing (some rule or regulation regarding seating in the center section and exit rows) so that i can avoid arguing on board??
Last edited by catfromrome; Feb 6, 2012 at 5:44 am Reason: MORE INFO
Feb 6, 2012 | 5:47 am
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As suggested by other forum members I'll move this thread over to the FlyingBlue/AF forum and leave a re-direct here for 4 weeks.
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