Does anyone else prefer to sit in the back?
Aug 10, 2008 | 9:40 pm
#32
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If I am flying in Y I like to sit directly behind the wing.
This all stems from my Dad telling me as a kid that if you sit behind the wing you can watch the wing. If you look outside and see the wing is still there everything is fine.
Of course this was in the late 70s and 80s when DC-10s kept falling out the sky and almost all my flying was on a DL L1011 or National DC-10 (the occasional Eastern L1011 or PanAm L1011............who else misses the L1011?)
OK, where was I? Oh yea,I sit in the back, right behind the wing.
This all stems from my Dad telling me as a kid that if you sit behind the wing you can watch the wing. If you look outside and see the wing is still there everything is fine.
Of course this was in the late 70s and 80s when DC-10s kept falling out the sky and almost all my flying was on a DL L1011 or National DC-10 (the occasional Eastern L1011 or PanAm L1011............who else misses the L1011?)
OK, where was I? Oh yea,I sit in the back, right behind the wing.
Aug 14, 2008 | 1:48 pm
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On airlines with assigned seating, the rear rows are the most likely to have empty middles. For example, on TATL flights I always request a center aisle seat about 3 rows from the back. Sometimes I get a row of 3 or 4 seats this way, making for a VERY comfortable flight.
Aug 18, 2008 | 8:07 am
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Safer in rear?
In many crashes the people in the rear survive. Delta 191, Air Florida 90. Sure there are more. But it is still WAAAAAY safer than driving. Thousands of Americans die daily on the road. Heck more Soldiers die in DUI accidents than in combat.
Aug 18, 2008 | 9:52 am
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Aug 18, 2008 | 10:12 am
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I have passed up flying on a flight when I was reassigned to a far back seat.
More then a few rows behind the wing area and if the plane gets into any Turbluenece you will know all about it. You'll be like a yo-yo. Now if my choice was a middle seat forwards or a row or even an empty next to me in the far back, could be Id take the far back. However if I knew there was going to be some bad turbluence then I woudlnt sit in the back of the plane.
More then a few rows behind the wing area and if the plane gets into any Turbluenece you will know all about it. You'll be like a yo-yo. Now if my choice was a middle seat forwards or a row or even an empty next to me in the far back, could be Id take the far back. However if I knew there was going to be some bad turbluence then I woudlnt sit in the back of the plane.
Aug 18, 2008 | 6:20 pm
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Was flying from SAT [San Antonio]