Asiana Stops Assigning Some Exit Row Seats After Passenger Opens Door

This reeks of “We’ve got to do SOMETHING!”, no matter how useless.

Exactly. If you were to mention that the person one seat over could ooen the door they would just stare at you in confusion/disbelief. Pretty typical for a Korean company. If you ever go, try to get them to put milk in your coffee at a coffee shop....you'll remember me if you do!

Americans still have to take their shoes off at TSA checkpoints because ONE nut job twenty years ago tried to light his shoes on fire. Sit with that.

By this logic, all exit row seats by the windkw should be treated equally, even if there is a jumpseat. If a passenger were to try opening doors in flight, the last thing FA should do it would be to fight him anyway.

RE: possible awkward conversations, they’ll probably put a sign on the seat indicating it can’t be used, and in any case will run into less individualistic “i demand to sit there” vibes than in the US

The easy fix would be to restrict exit row assignments to elite fliers. If someone regularly flies without trying to open an exit door, there is a high likelihood they won't try on this flight.

I too thought. But what about the next person over????????

It makes no sense.

People in Asian countries tend to follow the rules much more voluntarily and faithfully than in other countries. I mean, we’re talking about societies that peacefully and calmly queue up to board public transit, and give major side eye to anyone talking loudly on their cell phone, playing loud music or otherwise acting anti socially. I have little doubt that group pressure to follow the rules will keep most individuals from disobeying the FAs announcement that 26A/31A is to remain unoccupied the entire flight.

I still could not understand why other passenger just watches and let him open it? Can someone explain?

I still can't understand why anyone stopped him.

Seems like Darwin could've solved this whole situation, to me.

Got even scarier when the Fruit-of-Kaboom bomber tried to light his underwear on Northwest 253 back in 2009. Thought we might have to start showing our skivvies at checkpoints now too.

Because most people don’t normally attack others. You’re obviously an expert. Or American.

If someone's about to open a door in-flight, I'm certainly not going closer to that door.

Haha what the heck are you even saying. If you couldn't get people to put milk in your coffee there's obviously something wrong with how you communicate.

Always incredibly entertaining to read Lucky's smug take on these Korea-based Airlines, to which Lucky has never paid a dime to fly by the way, but this particular take is extra entertaining because of his confidence with which he presents a scenario that is purely a figment of his imagination. Truly amazing he thinks anybody flying Asiana domestically would think they "hit the Jackpot" by discovering a vacant exit row window seat next to them. Talk about projecting your own self, for whom it seems sitting in a middle seat when the adjacent window seat is empty is simply a cardinal sin, and who seems to believe any such situation would inevitably result in an "awkward" interaction with the FA. You might have a slightly better idea of what it's actually like to fly Asiana, especially domestically, if you had ever paid cash to do so and sat in economy. But why would you ever hahaha.

Because it happened in Korea, the ahjussi will just say something like "I'm older than you so just shut the f*ck up and sit down since you're younger than me"

Typical Korean idiocy

Weird rant.

I’ve been many times. No issue.

Because most people don’t normally attack others. You’re obviously an expert. Or American.

Ummmm, "most people" also don't believe it's a great idea to open an aircraft door inflight, and probably wouldn't rush to get near one that is, even if it means letting action-meet-consequence for someone who does....... fairly certain that's not just an "American" thing.

....ah, so Lucky told you "no," that one time you asked him out? Got it.

If you ever go, try to get them to put milk in your coffee at a coffee shop....

Wait, huh? Why would that be difficult?

Koreans are all about milk-tea and milk-coffee, especially with boba, and you can get it just about anywhere.

You just want to sit in the exit row :).