You then have not had to fly on any of the regional jets? The 60 or 70 seaters operated by all the lip service little guys flying for the main lines—real miserable little operations.
Count your blessings. Usually it is because they have maxed out the little baggage hold (in the tail) and thus must ensure all passengers are seated such that empty seats are in the aft cabin area—shifting passenger weight forward.
It happens routinely and the airline just fails to plan appropriately in advance. I would guess a third of my flying used to be subject to that corporate incompetence.
Cheers sky warrior!
Nope, and that explains why I've never run into that issue. Smallest plane I've ever been on was an MD-80. Horrible HORRIBLE plane!!! Hate that plane so much I make damn' sure when I book a flight I'm not on one. Mostly 757's since most of my travel "back in the day" was either International (London, Brussels, Amsterdam) or Seattle, LA, Houston, Dallas, NYC and Boston flying out of ORD.
I'm glad those days are over. Now I just fly for vacation and it's almost always a 737 or 757.