Aisle Seats Win: 6 Reasons Smart Flyers Never Pick The Window

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Aug 17 2025

The best flyers prefer aisle seats, and airlines even value the business more of those who do. Aisle seats are just better than window seats, and we don’t even need to talk about the dreaded middle.

If you’re in the aisle seat you don’t get those window seat views, but those are better in theory than practice outside of the first and final minutes of a flight. And you do have to get up to let other passengers into the aisle if they need to use the restroom. So there are tradeoffs, but they’re minor compared to the 6 reasons that aisle seats are best.

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“I Have 9 Hours In Economy Ahead Of Me”: Woman Plants Her Bare Foot On Armrest Until Takeoff

Aug 16 2025

One coach passenger boarded their Zurich – New York JFK flight and found a a bare foot planted squarely on their armrest. It wasn’t an accidental brush or quick stretch – it was a full, unrepentant, toes-out encroachment before boarding had even finished. And all they could think was: “I have a 9 hour flight ahead of me.”

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American Airlines Just Fired Flight Attendants For Paying Crew To Pick Up Trips — Union Fights First-Ever Crackdown

Aug 16 2025

American Airlines is firing flight attendants for offering other crewmembers incentives to pick up their trips. The union says this is new, and violates their contract. The Chicago base notified crewmembers on Friday that “Posting a trip with an incentive to drop” had led to “The absolute worst outcome available” and that was done without any progressive discipline.

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