Could the anorexic looking lady in the emergency exit isle really help in the unlikely event of an emergency?

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nodumgys

she would be easy to push out of your way in case of a true emergency... she just wanted the leg room,,, more space in front of her to lean over and hurl.

sugaree

doesn't matter too much if it's going to be that last time before hitting the earth at 600 miles per hour. in that case i'll have an emergency that she will really be able to help me with, aneroxic or not.

WindWalker10

If she isn't, she's likely to get trampled flat in the mad rush to evacuate.
Most exit rows have a bit more leg room and the seats in FRONT of them can't recline so they're rather more desireable seats. I never say no but I THINK I could rip the exit door off in an emergency!

apuleuis

People that cannot read and speak English well cannot sit there. Chldren and handicapped also cannot. Sometimes elderly people that are hard of hearing or less mobile don't sit there. But for the most part, it is that person's own judgement if they can handle it.

jenab6

Usually what happens when there's an actual emergency is that somebody who wasn't hired and who isn't being paid steps forward and does the job, while the news media crowds around the coward, the moron or the weakling who was hired to do the job, but who didn't or couldn't do it, as he relates how terrible the emergency is and how urgent it is that the government "do something."

thegirlwholovedbrains

I said "no" when I was pregnant and on a flight halfway across the country and changed seats. As I waddled my way to switch places with a volunteer firefighter three rows behind me, I don't think anyone had a problem with the switch - lol

The anorexic looking lady could be a gymnast... you never know... trust your fellow men/women to make their own judgment. People get put where they're supposed to in situations like that... for whatever reason :)

goldlust74

what?

desolationangel

At least she wouldn't be too much in the way for everyone else.

UNITool

Not really. I've never seen someone say no. Keep in mind, this plan comes from the same people who actually conceived the words:

"in the event of a sudden depressurization (side of plane blows out at 30,000 feet) place the oxygen mask over your nose & mouth and breath NORMALLY."

Yup, calm, deep breaths... not screaming.

Imaka

Yes, I have seen people say "No". And some of the strongest people I know are rather thin. Thin can also be wiry and tough and strong.

janisjoplinrocks

well, probably if someone needed to regurgitate their food

Curious Girl is back.

i would say, probably not. I don't even think that many people say no.

PinoyC

All they need to do is open that door, there shouldn't be too many problems simply b/c if you look at many of the stewardesses they aren't exactlt buff. I've never seen anyone switch either, I think it has something to do with the extra leg space you get in that spot.

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