# Airline flights --- window or aisle seat?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-flights-window-or-aisle-seat/425740>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 9, 2007, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-flights-window-or-aisle-seat/425740 "2007-11-09T01:42:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-flights-window-or-aisle-seat/425740/61 "2007-11-10T13:59:20Z")

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[QUOTE=Siam Sam]  
I’ve read that fear of heights does not kick in unless you’re still attached to the earth in some way. On a roof, on a cliff, etc.  
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There’s no way I’d class myself as either scared of heights or a nervous flyer, but there’s something about seeing “Altitude: 600ft” on the screens just after take off which is a whole lot more _real_ than “Altitude: 37 000ft” at cruise. Those are 600 very real feet. 37 thou is just an abstract concept.

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**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-flights-window-or-aisle-seat/425740/62 "2007-11-10T18:28:29Z")

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One thing I love about the dope is the references. But don’t all you Nightmare at 40000 Feet people worry about trying to lean your seat back and making the wings fall off?

I like window ==\> aisle ==\> bulkhead middle ==\> middle by window ==\> middle seat, middle of plane

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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-flights-window-or-aisle-seat/425740/63 "2007-11-10T18:56:43Z")

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Aisle seat, near the center of the aircraft but not on the exit row.

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