Seat Stories

This is about NOT RECLINABLE seats. Should you have masochistic streaks, you can find them on the Cathay Pacific 747B-400 flights from Europe to Far East. They are something of a kind: a plastic shell 40 cm. wide, with some 3 cm. thick Styrofoam filled sliding cushions… Yes, sliding… the seat won’t recline, only the […]

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Damp Derrière

December 15, 2009

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Well, mine isn’t nearly as terrible as most of the stories posted hear but here’s my horror story. I was taking a flight to Seattle with my brother to go visit our family for Christmas. I was 14 at the time I think. Everything went smooth, the check in, boarding, seating, everything. Except for the […]

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Cantankerous Lowlife

December 15, 2009

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On a flight from Seattle to San Diego this very inconsiderate woman reclined her seat too far back. After what seemed like 1.5 hours I woke her up and asked her to move up a little because I was beginning to feel uncomfortable and needed to move around. She told me to “shut my mouth and […]

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Triple Knee Assault

December 8, 2009

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I am a big guy, 6’8″ tall, and broad shouldered… flying is nearly always hell for me because I have to practically fold myself in half and sit the entire flights with my arms crossed so as not to ‘spill over’ into my neighbor’s seat (and cause someone else to have a story about having […]

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Seat Adjustments

December 1, 2009

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In Sep 08 I was flying home to London from Minneapolis in business class with Northwest. I watched the film, then decided to get some sleep after the usual 10 minutes of getting the seat to go flat, fixing the blanket in the correct position with the seatbelt showing, and placing the inadequate pillow in […]

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We were on the last leg of a long, international flight. We board the plane, and when we get to our seats, we find that the rows behind us and in front of us are occupied by some very loud individuals. We weren’t too concerned, as this was the last leg of our trip and […]

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The Phantom Kickers

November 26, 2009

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When I was about 16 years old, my family and I took a trip to Maui and my parents were generous enough to allow me and my younger sister to each bring a friend along. We were lucky to get a direct flight from San Diego to Maui and were fully prepared with books, mp3 […]

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I was flying Air Italia (my last time!) Boston to New Delhi via Milan. On the first leg that was packed to capacity, an elderly Italian woman continuously pushed my seat back upright while consequently I pushed it back down. This went on for hours until I turned around and told her to stop and […]

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I was traveling on a short flight (about an hour and a half) with my 9 mo. old daughter in my lap. When I bought the tickets online, I did mark that I would be traveling with a small child in my lap. I ended up being assigned an emergency exit row seat. When I […]

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I was flying on an international flight, heading back to the United States. Next to me was a young lady who was returning from her parents funerals (both died within weeks of one another). I spent most of my time consoling her. The gentleman in front of me reclined his seat, causing my eyes to […]

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On a recent flight from NYC to LA I sat in front of two children ages I would guess at 7 and 8. About half way they started acting up and I was waiting for their parents to settle them down. It didn’t come, so I put up with it for a little while longer […]

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I measure 6’6″ tall, which doesn’t seem that large to me. I dread flying though. The thought of putting myself through that is, frankly, masochistic. In perfect posture, I have my knees planted firmly against the seat in front of me. The seat that is always occupied by someone who NEEDS that extra 3″ of […]

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