Always, always a window seat. Not for the view(though it is a huge plus), but I need a wall, be it on a plane, a bus or even sleeping. I won't sit at an exit row either, because of too much space. A middle seat would test my patience and trust in whomever is either side of me, but an aisle seat makes me feel far too vulnerable.
I like being almost, but not quite squashed. I like being secure, safe and compact. I like having every function within one arms reach. I like enclosed (but NOT claustophobic) places.
I'm extremely wary and defensive of my personal space, and I have a constant primal urge to be alert to my surroundings - having a window seat eliminates a route of attack. :redface: (note this is nothing to do with all the hoo-haa about plane hijackings, it's just a persional thing)
The same reason I'll always sleep on my front, and with my right side to a wall if possible, that leaves my rear and left sides open, the least useful parts of my body. The front/right sides are safe and will be able to 'counter-attack'.
This probably sounds pretty bizarre to everybody :tongue:
I miss Peoples Express! They were cut-rate but awesome. You knew what you were getting when you booked your flight. They were always on time, you could pay on the plane, and you were encouraged to bring your own food. :smile:
Isn't Peoples' Express now AirTran? I know that AirTran was formed after whatever its previous incarnation was that had a major crash in (iirc) Florida?
No, it doesn't sound bizarre. I'm much the same way when it comes to picking seats. (On buses and trains, that is, I've never been on an airplane).Always, always a window seat. Not for the view(though it is a huge plus), but I need a wall, be it on a plane, a bus or even sleeping. I won't sit at an exit row either, because of too much space. A middle seat would test my patience and trust in whomever is either side of me, but an aisle seat makes me feel far too vulnerable.
I like being almost, but not quite squashed. I like being secure, safe and compact. I like having every function within one arms reach. I like enclosed (but NOT claustophobic) places.
I'm extremely wary and defensive of my personal space, and I have a constant primal urge to be alert to my surroundings - having a window seat eliminates a route of attack. :redface: (note this is nothing to do with all the hoo-haa about plane hijackings, it's just a persional thing)
The same reason I'll always sleep on my front, and with my right side to a wall if possible, that leaves my rear and left sides open, the least useful parts of my body. The front/right sides are safe and will be able to 'counter-attack'.
This probably sounds pretty bizarre to everybody :tongue:
Southwest has built it's rep on the 20 min turn, so you idiot's that think "it blows" need to realize that it IS a low cost airline and that's WHY you don't get chocolate chip cookies... and I bet the guys that said they like the cookies really don't need them anyway. No other airline can turn a plane from deplanning to boarding faster than Southwest... and yes there are other airlines that are nicer, but for the money - and I travel all the time for work, you can't beat the price. I have seen tons of hot guys flying SWA and it's always a treat to pick a seat next to one of them... trick is to get your boarding pass online... then you get the "A" group and get to scope out the hot guys in line first... learn to work the system people!!! So my answer is any seat next to a built hot guy (hopefully in shorts). Oh yeah, thee are 45 seats in the "A" boarding group so don't be a lazy ass and then comlpain about being in "C"... dumbass!
i don't have to learn to "work the system", the airline needs to learn to work mine. until then, jou get no mawney. and i don't give a rat's ass about the choc chip cookies on midwest, just the nice big assigned comfy seats, versus the dirty planes southwest flies and being sandwiched in and herded in like cattle.
I remember that crash on the news, it was horrible. :frown1: No, I think that was Jet Blue.
People's Express went out of business in the mid to late 1980's. Air Tran isn't more than 10 years old. So I don't think that they are connected.
the southwest mentality of "screw you we are cheap" will not work forever.
and i don't have to stand in line for 45 minutes to get a plastic card boarding pass, then stand in another line to get on the plane, only to find all the good seats already have asses planted in them.
i don't have to learn to "work the system", the airline needs to learn to work mine.
My only complaint with Southwest is the forced comedy bit. Of course, it's been a rare occasion that I've has a "great" flying experience anyway, but the absolute worst for me has always been United. Cancelled flights, my only lost luggage experiences, rude staff... I could go on, but I can't stand them.
They're the "preferred vendor" where I work, so with certain flights (LA<->San Fran), I can't always get out of using them. I can't tell you how many times the empty flight I've been on, has been cancelled for some BS reason, and the 5-6 other passengers standing around with me waiting, are rolled over into the next 85% full flight. Fine, I get the business reasoning, but don't lie to my face, and further, don't shake my confidence in you by telling me you're having mechinical issues with "that" plane, especially when I haven't seen "that plane" leave, we haven't switched gates, and end up getting on the plane that's been sitting there the whole time. Seriously, "That plane had some mechanical issues, so we have to move you to another flight, but we have another one leaving in less than an hour that we can get you on." Ooo, some great favour there, not at all like giving me something that I already PAID for, and like I don't know that you run that same commuter flight every 50 mins, or so, anyway. Man, I hate them.have to agree about united...