Originally Posted by
windowontheAside
Nothing wrong (or even unusual IMHO!) in preferring that side of the plane

Agreed, although I recall reading some statistics that the right hand side is a more popular choice (
https://thepointsguy.co.uk/2018/01/p...-of-the-plane/). I always prefer the left (my EDI> LHR > xxx routes are always always 2A, 1A, 1A, 2A, or similar). I have sometimes found myself in F or K and been quite disoriented