I’m flying back tomorrow in the Exit Row… that comes with a few responsibilities.

Exit Row Seating FAA regulations require that:

(1) Federal Law requires that persons seated in exit rows, in the event of an emergency in which a crewmember is not available to assist, may be called upon to perform the following functions:
- Locate the emergency exit
- Recognize the emergency exit opening mechanism
- Comprehend the instructions for operating the emergency exit
- Operate the emergency exit
- Assess whether opening the emergency exit will increase the hazards to which passengers may be exposed
- Follow oral directions and hand signals given by a crewmember
- Stow or secure the emergency exit doors so that it will not impede use of the exit
- Assess the condition of an escape slide, activate the slide, and stabilize the slide after deployment to assist others in getting off the slide
- Pass expeditiously through the emergency exit
- Assess, select, and follow a safe path away from the emergency exit
(2) Persons are not eligible for exit row seating if the person would be unable to perform one or more of the applicable functions listed in Section (1) because:
- The person lacks sufficient mobility, strength, or dexterity in both arms and hands and both legs:
- to reach upward, sideways, and downward to the location of emergency exit and exit slide operating mechanisms
- to grasp and push, pull, turn, or otherwise manipulate those mechanisms
- to push, shove, pull, or otherwise open emergency exits
- to lift out, hold, deposit on nearby seats, or maneuver over the seatbacks to the next row objects the size and weight of over-wing window exit doors
- to remove obstructions similar in size and weight to over-wing exit doors
- to reach the emergency exit expeditiously
- to maintain balance while removing obstructions
- to exit expeditiously
- to stabilize an escape slide after deployment
- to assist others in getting off an escape slide
- The person is less than 15 years of age or lacks the capacity to perform one or more of the applicable functions listed in Section (1) without the assistance of an adult companion, parent, or other relative
- The person lacks the ability to read and understand instructions related to emergency evacuation provided by United Airlines in printed, handwritten, or graphic form or the ability to understand oral crew commands in the English language
- The person lacks sufficient visual capacity to perform one or more of the applicable functions listed in Section (1) without the assistance of visual aids beyond contact lenses or eyeglasses
- The person lacks sufficient aural capacity to hear and understand instructions shouted by Flight Attendants, without assistance beyond a hearing aid
- The person lacks the ability adequately to impart information orally to other passengers
The person has:
- a condition or responsibilities, such as caring for small children, that might prevent the person from performing one or more of the applicable functions listed in Section (1)
- a condition that might cause the person harm if he or she performs one or more of the applicable functions listed in Section (1)
(3) Each passenger shall comply with instructions given by a crewmember or other authorized employee of United Airlines regarding exit row seating restrictions in accordance with Sections (1) and (2)

UPDATE: MADE IT SAFELY DOWN WITH NO DUTIES REQUIRED MAKES ME WONDER IF I SHOULD HAVE PREPARED SO DAMN HARD FOR ALL THIS! I felt the pressure staring me down and i never broke eye contact. fuck planes