Ryanair - seating and safety!!!

jetboy

blocking off rows is standard practice with light loads on some aircraft to keep the trim setting safe for takeoff. It is more noticeable on 'free seating' aircraft as normally computer allocated seating will fix it less noticeably. The 737-800's which RYR use are more trim critical than their smaller brothers ie 737-700,500,etc.
I don't believe it is RYR policy to block off the wing exits. In UK reg aircraft it is a requirement to have able body passengers occupying these seats

ynot2005

i have never noticed overwing exits blocked off with ryanair, i normally move after the seat belts light has been switched off to one of the blocked off rows

i think its more to do with selling goods on the plane, the more passengers crammed together smelling coffee the better

my last 2 trips i have got on last and then moved the cabin crew out of the emergency exit where she was standing and got the best seat if you can call it that....makes me smile all the pushing and shoving by passenegers trying to get on first and they wont ask the cabin crew if they will move so you can sit in the best seat

it happens time and time again

jetboy

Nothing to do with selling goods. Its a safety issue

LB1985

ynot2005 wrote:

they wont ask the cabin crew if they will move so you can sit in the best seat

The best seat is right at the very very front - the one on the left-hand side!

Concerning the seating arrangements, it is for weight and balance purposes, to do with centre of gravity, etc. and optimising fuel consumption. Also, it's more convenient for a fast turnaround at the destination - fewer rows which need to be cleaned by the cabin crew.

lisyloo

The best seat is right at the very very front

The best place is with the black box - they always find that !!

Also sit at the back as they aren't know to reverse into mountains !!

The old ones are the best aren't they ..............

TBeckett100

why point out the emergency exits when you crash there will be flipping thousands of them.

LB1985

lisyloo wrote:

The best place is with the black box - they always find that !!

Also sit at the back as they aren't know to reverse into mountains !!

The old ones are the best aren't they ..............

*Whoosh* - I meant the captain's seat

jetboy

I can assure that the very front left hand seat is not always the best seat in the house..especially in a 737.

lisyloo

why point out the emergency exits when you crash there will be flipping thousands of them

Don't know whether that's a serious comment but it's not always going to be true.
In fact some of the exits can be unuseable because of fire or because they are jammed (or there is an inflatable in the way etc.).

I have read about many airline disasters (strangely it helps with my fear of flying) and often all the exits are NOT useable.
If you are in the kind of crash where the whole thing breaks up then your chances of surviving at all are much lower.