paskino.com Here to make the world a little better - maybe

NYT: Throwing exit-row seats into the ‘for sale’ bin -

Evacuation is the sole purpose of the exit rows, which abut emergency doors. So in selling exit-row seats to all comers, airlines may raise concerns about who is sitting in those seats.

Having traveled quite a bit and have been in just about every type of plane, I really do not care who they sell the seats to or how they appropriate them.  My main concern is being comfortable, something that has become harder and harder to do on just about all the American airlines.  

The airlines seem to be gouging and the service is actually becoming worse.  Unfortunately, most of the airlines are doing this, so there is really no way to avoid this problem.  I really wish one of the bigger airlines would understand that service does matter and people will pay for good service.