# Airline seat preference poll **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 19, 2018, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-seat-preference-poll/810838 "2018-03-19T19:03:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-seat-preference-poll/810838/41 "2018-03-20T17:47:17Z")
I fly infrequently enough that looking out the window still registers as “pretty neat”. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-seat-preference-poll/810838/42 "2018-03-20T18:20:26Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Aisle. I have a feeling I may need to cut and run anytime I am anywhere. I panic when I’m confined too, but I’m already confined in the plane so I bring meds just in case. Window for me because I don’t get up and don’t want others having to get past me. Not for the view since I’m scared of heights! ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-seat-preference-poll/810838/43 "2018-03-20T19:23:15Z")
I don’t fly, although I have in the past. If I ever do again, I will try not to sit next to the window. I’m afraid of heights. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-seat-preference-poll/810838/44 "2018-03-20T19:33:45Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Unless you actually put your feet in the aisle, you don’t have any more leg room than the window seat guy does. And I’d think it wouldn’t be worth the hassle, because you’d have to move your feet every few minutes, between flight attendant and passenger traffic up and down the aisle. On a long international flight, once they’ve dimmed the lights after they’ve served the meal, then I will stretch them out into the aisle area. I don’t keep them there, but it does feel good to stretch out. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-seat-preference-poll/810838/45 "2018-03-20T20:09:19Z")
I voted for window seat, but I rarely get it, because I almost always give it to my son. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-seat-preference-poll/810838/46 "2018-03-21T00:52:47Z")
You know all of you “Window Sleepers” really tick off us “Window Wanting people who got stuck in an Aisle.” Some of us like to look out the window, and the sleepers keep us away from the window and half the time pull down the shade. Get a neck pillow and sleep wherever. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-seat-preference-poll/810838/47 "2018-03-21T02:07:09Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > You know all of you “Window Sleepers” really tick off us “Window Wanting people who got stuck in an Aisle.” Some of us like to look out the window, and the sleepers keep us away from the window and half the time pull down the shade. Get a neck pillow and sleep wherever. I’m OK with you being angry. On shorter flights I prefer isle. On longer fights window is preferred. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-seat-preference-poll/810838/48 "2018-03-21T02:55:34Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > I’m OK with you being angry. > > On shorter flights I prefer isle. On longer fights window is preferred. No problem my wife feels the same. Just remember if you pull down the shade or give me a dirty look while I lean over you to look out… I will have no problem taking that center arm rest and not being at all subtle about taking my shoes and socks off, asking you questions while you are trying to sleep, laughing loudly about something on my phone, and even letting a big one rip if I can muster it. 🙂 Seriously… I’ll loan you my neck pillow, and promise to keep my seat back in the upright position so you can recline and lean your head against it, and let you hog the shared arm rest if you just trade me… then you can sleep AND stretch out. (aside) I stayed in your city once when I was there for a soccer tournament (very nice complex nearby by the way) and got laughed at when I told the person at the rental car counter that I would be staying in Leo-Minster (like a “normal” person would say it). ---
**Author:** ![Dobbs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Dobbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dobbs)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-seat-preference-poll/810838/49 "2018-03-21T04:18:26Z")
Aside, in First or Business, please. Window, as long as drinks don’t run out (as long as the driver is sober, I don’t have to be). What is this ‘middle’ seat of which you speak? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-seat-preference-poll/810838/50 "2018-03-21T06:10:52Z")
Window. I have an obscenely large bladder and don’t mind sitting for many hours at a time. I like the view and playing with my GPS. I also am likely to set up a laptop or other electronics and don’t want to move it every time someone has to cross. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-seat-preference-poll/810838.md?page=2)