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I need fresh air - Funny story

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http://www.inquisitr.com/1686250/chinese-first-time-flier-opens-plane-emergency-exit-for-some-fresh-air/

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What with the hot water/noodles incident and now this makes you think about what you can expect next from your fellow passengers.

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Recently we were on a domestic flight in Brazil, when a woman got a bit confused trying to find the rest room at the front of the plane and first went to the cockpit door. Then, when her friends yelled from the seats, "No, to the left!", she walked in the direction indicated, but past the toilet door and towards the plane's exit door. One friend then jumped up and redirected her.

I remember Mitt Romney asking about planes not having windows that could open, after his his wife was in a plane where smoke started appearing, but I believe it was said in jest.

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OK, guess that I am ready to ignore the tray table "drummer" behind me, the pax with 8 large pieces of luggage, trying to stuff them all into the overhead bin, the drunk demanding another Double Scotch, the pax who has to grab and yank the back of all seats between them and the lavatory - and have to worry about pax who have zero clue what they can and cannot do, regarding the emergency exits. Just something to help me pass the time...

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Without wishing to be too serious, this actually concerns me, common sense says if you are in a metal tube about to fly 30k feet in the sky you should not be opening windows or doors, even if you are a first time flyer,

If your iq is low enough. That even after all the announcements about sitting down and fastening seat belt, you think that's ok to open the emergancy exit, then you, quite frankly, should not be allowed on a plane without supervision. The fact people like this are travelling around with no supervision is a concern. Im sorry, but it really is. It's not funny, My daughter would not even have done this whe she was tiny, never mind as a full grown adult. She instinctively knew you can't open the doors and windows. When you have full grown men thinking it's ok, it's a worry,

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I'm not sure that there is much fresh air in Hangzhou - especially at the airport. I'd personally prefer the clean filtered stuff inside the plane.

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Sorry, I didn't think it was funny either. That man should have been escorted off the plane.

And, excuse me for sounding ignorant, but I honestly did not think you could open a plane door all that easily.

I realize there has to be a way in case of emergency, but can someone do this while the plane is actually in the air?

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No you cannot.

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Thank you.

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On the flights I have been on and in those Emergency rows, the FA comes by and in most cases mumbles something about being able bodied blah blah and asks for people to say yes. Having heard it so many times I know what he/she is saying. Most of the times I don't think many new folks understand that -- even though when they get that seat online, there is a caution statement. At least in the US emergency seats are premium seats and typically FF get them so they know what to do (at least I hope) I've seen some of the foreign carriers offer them as first come first served.

Scary Story Oskar.

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belomiser,

On UA, when one has an Exit Row seat, and they hand over their Boarding Pass to the podium, prior to boarding, there is a double-chime. At that point, the GA asks, "Can you perform the duties required in an Exit Row?" In my experience, the answer had better be "Yes."

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