How to Choose the Most Comfortable and Spacious Seats on the Plane
If there is anyone who knows how to make flying an airplane more comfortable, it is the pilot. This plane is their office and they know all its secrets. Here are some tips from a professional pilot on how to make the skies more friendly – for you.
Metro.uk spoke with Johnny Knowson, who has become quite famous on social media as Johnny Pilot. He, of course, has a travel blog and flies on a commercial airline. Although based in the United Kingdom, air travel in a metal tube is almost the same in all countries. Knowlson shared his suggestions for where to reserve a seat to prioritize sleep, space and no bone-rattling turbulence. You choose what’s important.
Sit by the wings
Large planes fly at high altitudes. If you sit closer to the center, above the wings of the plane, Knowleson says, you will be less affected by the plane’s fight against the elements:
“By being closer to the aircraft’s center of mass, when it is subjected to forces such as lift, torque, wind, gravity, drag and thrust, you will be well prepared for a smooth flight.”
He doesn’t tell you what to do if you see a sinister monsterclinging to the engine outside the window , but I suggest you notify the flight attendant.
There are several sleep strategies
Knowlson basically says that engines need to be avoided for silence. This means front row seat is best, but probably also in First Class. Hey, these are tips for comfort, not economy! But if that’s not an option, Knowlson suggests, oddly enough, to take a seat in the aisle, but away from the can:
“The best place to sleep is probably in the middle of your cabin, away from the noise of the toilets and my hardworking colleagues in the galley.”
For long legs
While you won’t be able to store your belongings in front of you, bulkhead seats with their dividing walls or curtains are supposedly the best for stretching. Knowlson also recommended checking your flight on a website he uses called Seat Guru , which will supposedly tell you where the hotspots are on your plane. You can also check which seats have “limited tilt” if this is important to you:
“I recently flew to Geneva in an Airbus A319. According to Seat Guru, row 10, seats B, C, D and E are great as they have “extra legroom due to the emergency exit.”
Specifically, Knowlson says that if you’re flying a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, there is legroom in the entire 30th row, although it’s not far from the bathroom. Good to know.
When you want to get away quickly
Well, you probably guessed that being close to the front is the best way to get off the plane quickly. Usually the plane exits from the left in front, although Knowlson mentions return exits. Personally, I have not experienced this, but I am not a pilot either. However, with Knowleson’s help, I realized that I can have some of the things I want on the plane, but probably not all at once.