Well, I don't know. I don't travel ~all~ that much lately.
You can ask if your seats are against the bulkhead on any plane or configuration. While the last row before the bulkhead are awful seats... the first row behind the bulkhead are great seats.
As far as the puppies on the airplane...I don't know if it's because I live in Phoenix, but it seems everyone takes their little dog with them on the plane...I've seen many of them being walked through the airport..and more than one relieving him/herself on the carpet! Disgusting!
As far as the puppies on the airplane...I don't know if it's because I live in Phoenix, but it seems everyone takes their little dog with them on the plane...I've seen many of them being walked through the airport..and more than one relieving him/herself on the carpet! Disgusting!
Airlines don't assign the bulkhead seats (seats that are directly behind the bulkhead, ones with extra room in front of them because of that), but you have to ask for them when you checkin and they MAY let you have them, it's all up to the checkin person assigning boarding passes.
The airlines don't always clearly explain what criteria they use to assign the bulkhead seats (I can understand that they wouldn't), but from what I can deduce, they seem to favor assigning the bulkhead seats to LARGE MALES but fit ones. The extremely obese or handicapped or injured or weak and feeble or whatever who are also large in stature are usually passed over if they have a large male or two who they can put there.
I think it's due to the fact that, if the plane ever has to make an emergency landing, they'd anticipate whoever was in the bulkhead seats to assist or lead an escape. Someone there with a handicap or who was frail or obese would not be anticipated to be help but moreso a problem, pose difficulty for other passengers to both get around and who wouldn't be able to assist as easily as someone else.
Thus, I think the look for "able bodied" and larger people for the bulkhead seats.
Like I said, they don't reserve them but assign them on seating boarding by scoping people out for each flight.
Another airline told me once that they tend to leave the bulkhead seats empty when they can, for the safety reasons I earlier mentioned. But, if someone requests them or one, they won't reserve them but assign them when you show up and the boardingpass person thinks you'll do. Otherwise, they leave them empty and give you something else.