Pit'er you would least like to have to sit next to on a 12 hour flight

[michigancat]

Is talking to your seatmate one of those white midwesterny things?

YES

[michigancat]

Talking to the stranger next to them on a flight.

[Cartierfor3]

i like talking to strangers.

[michigancat]

i like talking to strangers.

are you a white midwesterner?

[Cartierfor3]

i like talking to strangers.

are you a white midwesterner?

100%.

[Rage Against the McKee]

I don't talk to my seatmates, but I'd say I'm more of a westerner than a midwesterner.

[star seed 7]

I don't even acknowledge that someone is sitting next to me

[steve dave]

you know who I like to sit by? pilots hitching a ride. I chat them up and nerd out about airline industry stuff. remember when SW was hinting at Hawaii flights? a pilot of a rival airline told me that was at least multiple years out no matter what SW PR was saying. HE WAS RIGHT! Also discussing specific planes and airlines and their little quirks. super fun. and they generally seem to enjoy chatting with me about it!

[michigancat]

I don't even acknowledge that someone is sitting next to me

I only communicate via body language when they annoy me.

[ChiComCat]

you know who I like to sit by? pilots hitching a ride. I chat them up and nerd out about airline industry stuff. remember when SW was hinting at Hawaii flights? a pilot of a rival airline told me that was at least multiple years out no matter what SW PR was saying. HE WAS RIGHT! Also discussing specific planes and airlines and their little quirks. super fun. and they generally seem to enjoy chatting with me about it!

Agreed.  From my limited MHK airport experience, pilots are the best. 

[sys]

12 hours is a long flight.  it's hard to maintain complete aloofness on such flights.

[Institutional Control]

I think the obvious answer for most everyone is K-S-U. He's a terrible human and a complete bore. 

[gatoveintisiete]

keep in mind you would be at a minimum familiar with this pit'er from interaction with him in the pit, so not complete and utter stone cold white midwestern stranger.

[gatoveintisiete]

sat next to Tom Osborne, his hands have busted blood vessels in them and are black in those areas, looked really really old 10 years ago, its unbelievable hes still alive really.

[Trim]

A 12-hour flight's over in 12 hours.  The pit's going on 6 years.

[MakeItRain]

When I flew back from London two weeks ago, I sat next to this woman who was like 5'3" 130 and she insisted on using all of both arm rests, I was heated. I let her do it for about 3 hours before I muscled her out and took my rightful half. I also later gave her my caramel brownie from our dinner. I did all of this without making eye contact or taking my ear buds out.

[MakeItRain]

12 hours is a long flight.  it's hard to maintain complete aloofness on such flights.

Only if you're on a shitty, cheap AA jet with no personal entertainment device.

[Institutional Control]

When I flew back from London two weeks ago, I sat next to this woman who was like 5'3" 130 and she insisted on using all of both arm rests, I was heated. I let her do it for about 3 hours before I muscled her out and took my rightful half. I also later gave her my caramel brownie from our dinner. I did all of this without making eye contact or taking my ear buds out.

Sounds heavenly compared the Indian gentleman I sat next to from Frankfurt to Dallas.  30 minutes in, he removed his shoes and his feet stunk. Didn't put his shoes back on for about 4 hours when he got up to use the bathroom. The good part was, he and his wife never said a word to anyone not even to each other the entire flight and never once turned on their TVs.  Just sat there staring at the back of the seat.

[michigancat]

everyone takes their shoes off on flights over 6 hours. It's pretty much expected.

I sat on an SFO-Tokyo flight once and the Japanese couple also stared at the back of the seat for 10 hours. Didn't turn on the TV, crack open a magazine, nothing. Crazy.

[michigancat]

12 hours is a long flight.  it's hard to maintain complete aloofness on such flights.

Only if you're on a shitty, cheap AA jet with no personal entertainment device.

not having a personal entertainment device ready to go on a long flight is almost as disastrous as not wearing headphones.

[MakeItRain]

12 hours is a long flight.  it's hard to maintain complete aloofness on such flights.

Only if you're on a shitty, cheap AA jet with no personal entertainment device.

not having a personal entertainment device ready to go on a long flight is almost as disastrous as not wearing headphones.

Imagine my horror when I flew to London and I was on an AA flight to London that was so old that they didn't have them, just the tv's like every five rows, even in first class. This plane is so old it still has the telephones with the credit card slider, that's what we put our buds in to watch rough ridin' Annie and the Fantastic Four. Luckily I had my tablet with an e-reader and I was tired.

Thank God for British Airways for my flight back.

[Institutional Control]

I flew AA to London and it had probably the best entertainment system I've ever had, in coach.  The plane was pretty new though.

[michigancat]

12 hours is a long flight.  it's hard to maintain complete aloofness on such flights.

Only if you're on a shitty, cheap AA jet with no personal entertainment device.

not having a personal entertainment device ready to go on a long flight is almost as disastrous as not wearing headphones.

Imagine my horror when I flew to London and I was on an AA flight to London that was so old that they didn't have them, just the tv's like every five rows, even in first class. This plane is so old it still has the telephones with the credit card slider, that's what we put our buds in to watch rough ridin' Annie and the Fantastic Four. Luckily I had my tablet with an e-reader and I was tired.

I was on a United flight from Hong Kong to SFO that had the same arrangement, but the system died 3 hours into the flight! I had plenty of TV preloaded on a tablet, but I still got 2500 bonus miles out of the deal.

[Kat Kid]

Is talking to your seatmate one of those white midwesterny things?

YES

It absolutely is not.

Foreigners talk on planes to strangers constantly.


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[sys]

Is talking to your seatmate one of those white midwesterny things?

YES

It absolutely is not.

Foreigners talk on planes to strangers constantly.

yeah, that's true.