A FLIGHT attendant has revealed why you should never swap seats after take-off and when the best time to shift place is. She revealed the rule is in place for passenger safety as moving around can throw off the aircraft's balance. Flight attendant Hailey Way, who has worked for SkyWest Airlines and charter airline iAero Airways, explained that on small regional planes, moving seats is not allowed.
She added the only exception it's a "passenger-to-passenger seat exchange". Hailey explained that on lighter aeroplanes balance is calculated using individual seats and so shuffling around is not a good idea. She added: "If it’s deemed safe to rearrange passenger seating on an aircraft to accommodate weight and balance, then this is done prior to takeoff .
” While there is more leeway on larger aircrafts, it’s still preferable that passengers keep the seats that were assigned to them when they booked the flight. The flight attendant also gave a top trick to give yourself the best chance of bagging a neighbour-free seat. Her advice was to book one in a row of three where the middle seat is still free but either the window or the aisle is occupied.
She said this is because nobody wants to spend an entire flight squashed in between two strangers. It comes as Brits heading off for their summer break could find they are hit with a load of costly hidden holiday extras. Those hidden or unexpected charges could add as much as £1,600 to the overall cost of a trip abroad for a family of.
