Emergency Landing SW Flight

[Three Wolves In Snow]

Originally Posted by flyonpa

Since this was on Southwest, Pay to get on the plane first, Pick a seat in the emergency row, (The seats in front of emergency row does not reline), or the Bulk Head seat.

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Has a seat map for every airline, and what seat do/don't recline.

This is really good information! I always chose emergency exit but not for those reasons. Plus, I don't fly anymore, and would prefer never to do so again, but IF I ever have to fly again, this is extremely valuable information. One of the few times I've flown, I was on a 10 hour flight to Germany. (I didn't get to choose which seat I sat in since the military paid for me to go to my permanent duty station.) The jerk in front of me reclined his seat right in to my knee caps, and left it there the entire flight. Hated that dude for 10 solid hours.

[Dane_in_LA]

Originally Posted by yandex

When the passenger in front of you is reclined, it's impossible to have a laptop open without having to tilt the screen forward (which makes it impossible to view) or tilt the entire computer backwards, which makes typing impossible. I've had a few instances where my laptop is open and the person in front of me slams their seat back, and if it weren't for quick reflexes, my screen would have been broken.

And no, my employer won't charter a plane for me, so that's not an option.

If your time is so valuable that the productivity loss during a flight is unacceptable, surely Business Class can be negotiated.