Normally when I sit down, I say hello, just manners, if they want to talk then I converse. Normally I fly lh, so there is time to sleep and talk.
I have met so many interesting people, and so many people who think they are something when they really are nothing.
I met one of the men I date on the plane. I met an x-prime minister, who invited me several times to dinner and to the UN. I met a publisher of a major newspaper (read worldwide) and the conversation was incredible. I met the publisher of Conde nast, who invited me that evening to a cocktail where Joyce brothers was there.
Some fascinating people. Then I had aisle mates, those "nouveau riche" who think their sh…t doesn't smell… and their noses where so high up their as..es.
Lots of interesting people.
But humans fascinate me.