Would you have stayed on ?
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That actually happened to me on a flight from New York to Philadelphia a few years ago.
Though it was a much smaller plane, about 40 seats. There was about 25 passengers and for some reason most decided to sit on the left. The co-pilot asked that some people move over to the right of the plane to balance it up.
Though it was a much smaller plane, about 40 seats. There was about 25 passengers and for some reason most decided to sit on the left. The co-pilot asked that some people move over to the right of the plane to balance it up.
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User482
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It's standard practice on light aircraft - passengers of similar weight are put next to each other so the plane isn't too heavy on one side.
karen.488walker
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Not a bloody chance. Am a terrible flier.
Fnaar
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I (along with other passengers) was asked to redistribute myself on an internal flight in US some yrs ago... didn't strike me as odd, or anything to worry about, to be honest. Made perfect sense the way it was explained.
And given a choice between getting the flight and making my own arrangements to get home, I'd take the flight!
And given a choice between getting the flight and making my own arrangements to get home, I'd take the flight!
dmoan
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- Belfast, Northern Ireland
No problem changing seats to balance the flight, but then no problem doing anything the crew ask in the interests of safety!
Happened to me on a 35 seater from Las Vegas to Burbank - the aircraft was so empty everyone was moved around so that everyone had a full row to themselves.
Happened to me on a 35 seater from Las Vegas to Burbank - the aircraft was so empty everyone was moved around so that everyone had a full row to themselves.
swee'pea99
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Sure. To do otherwise is to assume that the pilot and cabin crew are willing to risk a brutal death in a ball of flame and screaming metal, which seems a tad unlikely.
Mr Pig
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"Bing Bong. This is your captain speaking. Could all of the passengers sitting on the left of the plane, except the fat lady in row 17, please move over to the right so that the plane doesn't tip over on takeoff? Thank you."
ArDee
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ianrauk said:
Similarly, I caught a flight from Washington to Roanoke last year and there were 12 of us on a 32 or 38 seat aeroplane and they asked us to move around to balance the plane.
I also travelled from Philadelphia to Williamsport in 2006 and there were 11 of us for a 10 seat twin engine Cessna; I sat in the co-pilots seat.
As I was sitting up front I could hear air traffic control; thoroughly enjoying flight until with lovely views flying through the white fluffy clouds across Pennsylvania.
Until air traffic control came on to our pilot and said “We have traffic at your altitude crossing left to right 5 miles in front; can you tell us what it is?”
I think, if I’d been able I would have got out then. I obviously tried to develop Superman like X-ray vision to see through the clouds, unfortunately this didn't work and after around 10 minutes when we’d not run in to anything solid or seen anything, the pilot went back to air traffic control to say he was unable to get a visual and was therefore unable to help them.
