"Tony Cox" wrote in message
nk.net...

Ah, but in that case, wouldn't it have been best to have put the door at
the *back* to give the rear-seaters a chance to get out?


Some Piper light aircraft did have a door at the back. The four-place
PA-16, PA-20, and PA-22 had doors on the right for the front seats and on
the left for the rear seats.