Reconfigured planes - exit row seats not reclining
#16
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Bump to my old thread as I was another flight where the whole exit row did not recline. And it was another Airbus A319. Interestingly Delta does not show that the seat does not recline but seat guru does now: https://www.seatguru.com/airlines/De...s_A319_31J.php
The FA said the seats should recline. And it makes no sense that they do not recline as they do most, if not all of configurations.
The FA said the seats should recline. And it makes no sense that they do not recline as they do most, if not all of configurations.
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#18
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AFAIK the norm is that the row in front of an exit row doesn't recline, which would include the first exit row on many DL aircraft configurations. The rationale is that if the seat in front of an exit row is reclined, this impedes evacuation in an emergency. However, the second (or last) exit row IME does recline. YMMV of course as this is DL.
Edit to add that I got a call from Delta and we looked at seat maps, seatguru, other airlines 319 and this seems to be an issue with Delta. The woman I spoke to is writing this up as in the end she was as confused as I was at to why.
Last edited by FlyingUnderTheRadar; Mar 15, 2019 at 3:30 pm
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