Window, definitely. I'm asleep before we leave the ground, unless lucky enough to be seated by/in front of/behind/near a screaming child or overly gregarious adult. Even then, I'll be snoozing before long. Thankfully my short legs fit just fine in the 12"x6" space alloted in front of me.

A little off topic here...

Bulkhead -- regarding your questions about video pictures giving you the pilot's view, I've copied and pasted the following from the Emirates website for you. Enjoy!

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Our in-flight entertainment guarantees there won�t be a dull moment when you�re flying with Emirates.

Click through to our interactive screen to see what you could be watching in the skies.

Why not start your flight with a sensational pilot's eye view of take-off from one of our flying cameras(i); enjoy the extraordinary sight of the world's scenery from 35,000 feet and keep up-to-date with the progress of your journey - how far you've travelled and other flight statistics - via our Airshow(ii) flight information system.

You'll find all this on one of our 14(iii) TV channels available on your own high definition liquid crystal touch-screen TV, in front of your seat. In addition you'll also discover 22(iv) radio stations, which include programmes from many of Emirates destinations and languages from around the globe.

And that's not all. Every seat onboard an Emirates flight is fitted with a credit card-operated satellite phone(v), so there's no need to be out of touch with your family, friends or business colleagues for long. We can even send a fax for you while you're onboard. Satellite calls cost just US $5 a minute to anywhere in the world.

So wherever you come from, wherever you're travelling to, and whatever your interests are, we're sure you'll feel at home when you travel with Emirates.


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(i). Available on all Boeing 777s and Airbus A330s
(ii). Available on all aircraft
(iii). 6 TV channels on A300/A310 aircraft: 17 channels on certain B777s
(iv). 8 radio channels on A300/A310 aircraft
(v). Wall mounted satellite phones are installed on A300/A310s
http://www.emirates.com/inflightenter.asp



[This message has been edited by ORD12 (edited 09-26-2000).]

I prefer window seating. That way one can look out to freedom and pretend that you are not stuck in the germ tube with 150 other sweating gooberheads. Do note that it is a pretty close draw up front, though.

In coach, I highly favor the window. If for no other reason, one time a suitcase fell and clobbered me on the head when seated in aisle. Almost knocked me out and hurt like a big dog.

Usually: Window in all classes. Easier to sleep with the support of the bulkhead, less likely to be disturbed. But always: Bulkhead or EMG!

Add me to the window group. I'm a southpaw (lefty) like shadow also, but I take so few flights with meal service I don't think to request xA ahead of xF! (Although in 1st, there's usually enough elbow room it doesn't matter.)

Window for me always! And, my husband always
prefer Aisle, so when we can, flying together are the best!!

Helen

Hey! Pretty cool to see my old post end up resurfacing. Good use of the search function.

Long Haul - aisle. I often get up to stretch my legs and go to the lav (comes from drinking so much water) and I hate stepping over people. Short haul - window. I do not need to do those things and hate being interrupted by someone who does. Commuter planes - always window. Being so much lower gives better views.

But Ken Hamer above had it right. The Bis class on AC/CP on the 767 has one seat that is both. When travelling alone (the usual case), there is no seat that can beat that! CP is 1-2-2, AC 2-2-1.

windows on longer hauls where I might sleep so I can rest head against bulkhead... aisles on all others so I can drink lots of coffee and get up to the head easily!

Aisle, Aisle, Aisle.

Sometimes I get lucky and have the whole row to myself and scoot over to the window for takeoff and landing. But the aisle is by far my choice, off the bulkhead.

I've been flying since 1981, and all those years taught me that I don't sleep well, if at all, on flights. For example, LAX-HKG flights I'll wander the 747-400 (upstairs and down) at least once an hour to keep the blood moving. I might get 1 hour sleep at the most. With UA001 gettng in early evening, I have no problem falling asleep in the hotel at a decent time.

I'm also in the habit of drinking a lot of water (Denver is a dry area most of the time) so there are a few trips to the loo as well.

On the return from SYD last week I left my exit-row aisle seat and grabbed a whole center row (row 60) -- I must have got a total of three hours of sleep. A personal record! That is, once I figured out how to avoid those &%$* lumps under the raised armrests.

Thank God for all you window lovers. I am more than miserable when I don't get an aisle. It's only a people thing for me. If there is no one else in the row, window is fine.

I'm with you, braslvr, my sentiments exactly.

I'm a window guy. Fortunately I my wife flys with me more often than not, so I don't mind disturbing her if I need to get up.

I've switched from being a window guy to an aisle guy over the last few years, I like the freedom of getting up whenever I want on longer flights.

However on United Shuttle flights I always book a window seat, usually in the front. This way I am in zone 2 for boarding and can make sure there's room for my bag in the overhead.

On really long flights, my strategy is book aisle and hope for an upgrade! If you don't get an upgrade it's easier to lunge for that row of empty seats when you're in an aisle seat.



[This message has been edited by carlhaynes (edited 02-17-2001).]

As my travel has increased, I have moved from a window person to an aisle person.

I like the flexibility of being able to get up without disturbing my seat mates.

Of course, now they disturb me when they have to get up!!!

William