Easyjet passenger pictured sitting on seat with NO BACK – before airline tries to get snap removed from Twitter
EASYJET has been slammed for asking a passenger to take down a photo of a backless seat on one of their planes.
Images shared on social media showed a poor woman perched on the edge of the chair while everyone else took their seats on the plane.
A caption accompanying the image said: "#easyjet beats @Ryanair to have backless seats. @IATA @EASA this is flight 2021 Luton to Geneva. How can this be allowed. @GeneveAeroport @easyJet_press @easyJet"
The passenger who shared the image told Sun Online Travel that his partner was flying from London Luton to Geneva on flight EXY98HD when they spotted the dangerous seating arrangement on the Airbus A319-111.
He explained: "The flight attendant asked [the woman] to stay there until the flight was fully boarded."
After posting the image on Twitter, easyJet asked him to remove the photo.
They tweeted in response: "Hi Matthew, thanks for bringing this to our attention, before we can investigate this could I ask you to remove the photograph & then DM us more info regarding this, so we can best assist you."
However, the Twitter user refused, tweeting: "Absolutely not."
: ";One has to wonder how safe the rest of the plane was. This was her seat.
"The lady was moved to a spare seat once the flight was fully boarded. Not sure what would have happened if the flight was full."
Social media users were furious at the response by the airline.
Dan Lambden tweeted: "The audacity to ask you to remove your photo! Shame on you EasyJet!"
Hazel McDonald said: "That's shameful! So dangerous".
Others said it was "worrying" that easyJet asked them to remove the images.
The woman in question was said to have been moved to a seat with a back before the flight took off.
An easyJet spokesperson told Sun Online Travel that there were five seats available which the woman was able to move to before the flight took off.
They said: "No passengers were permitted to sit in these seats as they were inoperative awaiting repair.
"Safety is our highest priority and easyJet operates its fleet of aircraft in strict compliance with all safety guidelines."
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