Too Old for Exit Row?
May 29, 2014, 9:45 pm
#1
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Too Old for Exit Row?
First time this has ever happened to me. My wife and I were on OZ 727 (ICN-HAN). I asked for an exit row on a fairly empty flight to be told "You are too old to sit in an exit row." I am only 70, and fairly healthy. While I usually fly U.S. flag carriers, this is unique for me. Have I become too old to fly exit row on OZ? Anybody else have this happen?
May 29, 2014, 10:41 pm
#2
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Many airlines have rules that exit row passengers must be physically capable of assisting in an emergency - thus no injured passengers, old, young, fat, frail looking, deaf or blind, etc.