FAs blocking rows now ?
Aug 25, 23, 6:38 am
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FAs blocking rows now ?
During pre-board, Flight Attendants were physically blocking Row 1 and Emergency Exit Row, is this new?
Aug 25, 23, 6:47 am
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Pre-Boarders have never been allowed to take an Emergency Exit Row exit seat. There's always an FA (or 2) standing in the Exit Rows even when general boarding begins, well into general boarding, until the seats fill
Aug 25, 23, 9:54 am
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When you board a Southwest aircraft, the crew places at least one of the FA's at the boarding door, one at the very rear, and one in the middle between the front and back. The FA has to stand SOMEWHERE, and exactly halfway happens to be where the exit row is located.
Aug 25, 23, 10:05 am
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Plus he/she is screening for seating eligibility and gives the exit row speech and gets the "willing to help" verbal confirmation.
It often does look like 'blocking" which is nice as the uneducated keeps moving on.
I've gotten into a few interesting conversations with them over the years.
Nothing has changed...
It often does look like 'blocking" which is nice as the uneducated keeps moving on.
I've gotten into a few interesting conversations with them over the years.
Nothing has changed...
Aug 25, 23, 10:08 am
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Plus he/she is screening for seating eligibility and gives the exit row speech and gets the "willing to help" verbal confirmation.
It often does look like 'blocking" which is nice as the uneducated keeps moving on.
I've gotten into a few interesting conversations with them over the years.
Nothing has changed...
It often does look like 'blocking" which is nice as the uneducated keeps moving on.
I've gotten into a few interesting conversations with them over the years.
Nothing has changed...
Aug 25, 23, 2:10 pm
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Aug 25, 23, 10:15 pm
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I've seen Laura Bush with her Secret Service detail deboard a Southwest flight at Love Field, they exited via the jet bridge stairs into black SUVs on the tarmac.
Aug 26, 23, 10:22 am
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Aug 26, 23, 4:40 pm
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This past week I flew on a flight with 60 something thru passengers. They broadcasted that you were allowed to move once they got their count, however you had to leave the first two rows empty for preboarders on the next flight. That was the first time I had heard that announcement blocking the first two rows. Maybe they knew a bunch of preboarders at the connecting flight not sure.
