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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think more than disorder, the risk with an American flight is that we will have few  300 lb + people and they will derail the entire thing, I am not joking. Seriously obese people are a huge risk when it comes to flight evacuations, keep in mind that Japanese have no such issues and they can all move efficiently and quickly.[/quote]
I’m the flight attendant PP and it’s not often we see people that large. They typically require seatbelt extensions, which some bring but many have to ask for, and we do check for them. It’s very infrequent that I encounter a pax like this. Maybe 50 times last year out of tens of thousands of passengers, if not more.

The bigger problem in an evacuation are parents wit children, or parents (mom in one row with one kid(s), dad in another with other kid(s) who want to exit together. This is an issue in standard deplaning, too. They want to exit together and bog down the process waiting. [/quote]

I would think single parent situations are worse. I’ve travelled with my kids as toddlers and been separated from one. It would be a nightmare in an emergency like this recent crash. [/quote]
You’d think, but a mom with all her kids with her goes into protective mode and does what needs to be done. The issue arises when mom wants to make sure her other chicks get off the plane, too, but she can’t get to them.[/quote]

That’s the exact nightmare scenario I’m talking about. I’m with the 1yo and my 3yo is several rows away. [/quote]

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