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Re: FRA and CDG reports

On Oct 6, 9:41 pm, Mister Niceguy <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> The Voice of ED <thevoiceo...@invalid.invalid> wrote innews:MPG.2350a90fe
351f45e9898fe@News.Individual.NET:
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> > In article <Xns9B2CDD19FB5C1niceguyonzet...@194.247.47.119>,
> > m...@privacy.net says...
> >> The Voice of ED <thevoiceo...@invalid.invalid> wrote in
> >>news:MPG.23508640123896ce9898fc@News.Individual.NET:
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> >> > I checked in at the bmi machines and tried to change my aisle seat,
> >> > as well as moving a later leg into an exit row, but to no avail. It
> >> > gave me the BPs for the 3 legs I had that day there and then.
>
> >> Thanks for the report Bill.  I picked up on this part because it
> >> reminded me of a similar experience when travelling on the AF flight
> >> back to EDI from LCY.
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> > I've had the same experience on that run - IMO, they block off certain
> > rows at the front and rear of the plane due to "trim", and the
> > passengers are fitted on to the remainder. Also a feature of some of
> > the afternoon Ryanair DUB flights as well.
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> >> The machine allocated me a middle seat which I tried to change, but
> >> it wouldn't show me any more than a small number of rows within the
> >> aircraft all with only middles left.  The AF "helpful
person" said
> >> it's because the rest of the plane was full.  I found this hard to
> >> believe.  Those 146s are never full at 4pm.  Sure enough on the
pl
ane
> >> many rows were completely empty and quite a few people moved seats.
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> > Once on board, I've asked to move and been told that I could, once in
> > the cruise. Now, I don't ask any more, I just move once the doors are
> > closed.
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> >> WHat was all that about?  Were we supposed to sit in certain rows fo
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> >> weight distribution purposes?  Or was the machine just being plain
> >> unhelpful?  Or was some AF tech person having a larf?
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> > I used to think it was down to cabin crew being lazy - as certain
> > crews have to clean the plane during turnarounds it makes sense for
> > them to keep enitre rows free. Trim certainly has something to do with
> > with it though.
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> Trim?


Bollox, Red Herring, no other airline I've flown with does it,

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