Are you medically fit to fly?

I'm flying later this year and I'm 86. It's only a short flight though. And I've booked airport assistance.

Never been asked and I am 71 and went to USA last September.

I hazard a guess it was due to where you were due to be seated.

It is normal practice (and a necessity safety wise) that those passengers sitting over the wing where there are normally safety exits, front and rear doors and/or any emergency exits have to be over a certain age and fit enough to open the emergency exit in an emergency.

Our last flight (Ryan Air (never again)) had seated a family with a toddler and baby by the exit, it was only when the chief steward walked past and noticed the palaver of getting them seated elsewhere started. They (rightly in my opinion) refused to move unless they were seated together which took time and consequently we missed the take-off slot.

The fault was with Ryan Air who should have a working algorithm in its booking system with regards to cabin plan.

Me neither

That’s very interesting. Recently on 2 flights I was on, each plane was delayed for 2 hours on the tarmac as elderly passengers had been taken ill and their luggage had to be offloaded from the plane. So maybe the airlines are trying to avoid this from happening, though I don’t think anyone is going to say that they aren’t are they?

The only time I've any experience of this was when my mother was ill on holiday, and we had to go back to the clinic which treated her, on the morning we were due to fly, to get a certificate to say she was fit to fly. She was 89 at the time.

I know they are supposed to ask questions if you may not be very able and are in the "evacuation" seats...

I’ve never been asked that question in all my years I’m 75.