Originally Posted by
tom tulpe
For most flights, there is a "north" and a "south" side though.
MEL-PER: starboard is north, port is south
PER-MEL: port is north, starboard is south
Sure, but anybody who "always tries to sit on the north side of the plane" will struggle when flying, say, WDH-FRA (that will require kicking the captain or copilot out of his seat) or JFK-SCL (having to spend the entire flight on a toilet seat in the rearmost lavatory in coach).
Anyway, what side of the plane to sit on is truly a first-world problem!
Johan