I'm one of those, uh, rear-lovin' people. I'm only 5'8", so snagging an exit row is unimportant; only travel for leisure, so never feel like rushing off a plane; and relish when fate deals me an empty seat alongside, in which your odds increase the further back one goes. I love being on planes, so what's the hurry?!

I'll always pre-reserve a seat a few rows from the back (not too toilet-close), and always a window (like one person said, I hate the wings to obstruct the view). Even on a near-full flight, there are going to be more empties in back than front, and the less crowded it feels the better. When it's time to deplane, I'll never stand up and wait five minutes til people start moving, I'll just sit at the window watching the tarmac action or the hurried pax inside rushing to get their carry-ons in hand when the people cluster is minutes away from moving. I'll usually be amongst the last to deplane, so that I can do so leisurely, and, particularly after a long-haul flight, can slowly observe row after row of the Tasmanian-Devil-like mess left on the floor.