I was recently on a flight where they packed a half full flight so that half the passengers in the front of the plane and half in the back. The middle rows wer

I was recently on a flight where they packed a half full flight so that half the passengers in the front of the plane and half in the back. The middle rows were completely open and they told us the plane would crash if we sat in them. The airline charges money to let you choose your seat, and obviously, no one had paid. There is an FAA rule saying you have to listen to safety instructions from the flight crew, but apparently there is no rule saying that crew members can’t issue blatantly false “safety” orders to prop up the marketing department’s numbers. The more airlines abuse this, the more people will assume that new FAA rules are also bullshit.