Worst Seat (For you commuters)

[Sppedmode]

I was commuting home after a long four day trip and got stuck in the middle seat of a 757 between two "big-boned" people in an exit row that the seat doesn't recline. Had I not gone to my "Happy Place" several times throughout the flight, I probably would have gone postal. With as many pilots on this website, I'd love to hear your worst seat/commute home stories.
PS...before the 757 guys ride my ass about their aircraft, I fly the CRJ and know first had how bad our seats are too

 

[dashtrasher]

Worst Seat (For you commuters)

that would be the seat at the gate as the plane you were trying to get on leaves with you being bump out of the jumpseat and every seat in the cabin full.

I feel sorry for ya buddy, but been there.

 

[banned username 2]

I got the very last seat available going from MDW-MSP on a 737-800 on a pass last November. It was a middle seat of course. I had a guy next to me fall asleep, and start leaning my direction. I kinda leaned away, and the woman next to me made a nasty remark how "it isn't going to happen." I said "Sorry, I'm getting invaded here..." She hit the guy, woke him up, and they started arguing. With me in the middle.

Ah yes, the joys of public transportation... I hope my CEO is reading this!

 

[ClassG]

AS much as I love the plane, I have to speak poorly of it for a moment.

Row 9 in the Beech 1900 has three seats across the back. Seat 9B (the only B seat in the place) is samdwiched between two other 16 inch wide seats, with no arm rest at all. There is absolutely no way to avoid full arm and leg contact with your neighbor pax in that seat.

This can really suck when the VCM (AC) is not working on a 90F day and you're 10th in line for takeoff.

 

[d328pilot]

While I was not commuting to work, the worst seat I have ever had was a center seat, in the center aisle from Auckland, to LAX. 12 hours and I didnt get up once....And to make it worse, I had to jumpseat from LAX to PHL and get "schooled" on why I should not be able to fly jets and how we are stealing mainline routes. I would have rather sat in the middle seat again.

 

[MetroSheriff]

Middle seat , non reclining in the last row of an old Iberia 747 Combi from Miami to Madrid (Barajas). I thought I was going to lose my mind for sure.

 

[freightdogfred]

Middle seat on a ragged-out B-707 on SPIA (South Pacific Island Airways) from Honolulu to Pago Pago. I was wedged in between two 300 lb Samoans, so leaning one way or another was not an option. The leaky cabin raised the cabin altitude to probably somewheres around 10,000 ft, exacerbating the Samoans flatulent condition to appalling level. All I could do was lean forward with my elbows together and breathe thru my mouth.
(For 5 1/2 hours)

 

[bigD]

I personally don't like the window seat in the last row of the MD-80 (MD-88?). Can't see anything but the side of the engine, and the noise is absolutely terrible, especially when the pilots don't bother to sync the RPMs. I also can't help but think of that accident awhile back where an engine decided to eat itself and send pieces into the cabin.

So basically I sit there for a couple of hours with a headache from the beats in the engine noise, all while praying that some mechanic didn't miss some microscopic crack in a compressor disk that could potentially send a lot of metal through my relatively soft body. Meanwhile you can't see a danged thing out the window, and you have the people standing in line for the lav, looking over at you with a look on their face that says, "What did that guy do to deserve THAT crappy seat!?"

 

[DC9stick]

personally don't like the window seat in the last row of the MD-80 (MD-88?). Can't see anything but the side of the engine, and the noise is absolutely terrible, especially when the pilots don't bother to sync the RPMs. I also can't help but think of that accident awhile back where an engine decided to eat itself and send pieces into the cabin.

MD-80's have an engine sync. selectable to N1 fan, or N2 turbine most guys run it on fan. you cannot hear an out of sync condition in the cockpit of an 80. DC-9's have no auto sync and you can only hear it if you listen real closely, some pilots care some don't.

Check in earlier!! The answer to all your problems

 

[dogman]

There aren't too many left around, but the jumpseat on the 737-200 directly behind the Captain for a couple hours really gives you a bad case of Boeing butt!

 

[pilotcoplawnboy]

The worst seat for me was in he rear of a 767 from LAX to O'hare. The bad part was that I was in between two people from other countries who didn't believe in soap. Wasn't long before I was moving myself around the plane.

 

[captjim]

Worst commute for me was CLE to IAH in April of 2002. It was the end of a solid 14 hour duty day and over 7 hours of flying. Being 6'3'' leg room is important. I got stuck with the middle seat on a 737-500 for 3 1/2 hours. The worst part was the A$$hole in front of me slammed the seat in my knees about 5 minuts after departure, and there it stayed. That flight had to be 6 hours at least!

 

[tarp]

#1 - DEN to IAD United (I don't know what plane it was or what seat number). Absolutely full airplane. Had a screaming, wailing 6-8 month old with new mother in front of me and a precocious 10-11 year old behind me.

I was more deaf than 8 hours in a DC-3. The kid wailing in front and the kid kicking the seat behind me and constantly fiddling with the tray and getting up and down. Talk about postal.

#2 - The Dornier Jet jumpseat is a perfect "L" shape with extremely thin padding. About 10 minutes in this seat and you would trade anything for one of those steel folding metal chairs that you get at big auditoriums. They should take the engineer that designed that seat and make him sit in it for three hours - that'll teach him!

 

[crash-proof]

The absolute worst place to be is front row in a Brasilia. Those big props spinnin inches next to you for hours will leave you def. I was on a flight in southern brasil with no less than 2 stops till my destination for a total of 4 hours. Made me wonder if a bus would have been worth it...

I've also had the opportunity to ride on a bandit, many years ago. Loud!
737-200 isn't far behind either.

Fortunately they substituted the brasilias with ERJs...

 

[tacojet]

I have a soft spot in my heart for the middle seat middle row on a 10, ya gotta crawl over two people to get up either way. Or any seat when mommy and daddy put put their little bundle of joy behind you, and think its cute when he/she kicks the $hit out of your seat for 4 hours.

 

[Captain X]

1. The seat at the gate with the view of the last flight home pushing back.

2. The 2nd JS on the 73-500 right behind the CAs seat. Takes about 3 hours for the circulation to return to the lower extremities.

3. Last row, MD80, right by the "window", with un-synched fans.

 

[Captain X]

AS much as I love the plane, I have to speak poorly of it for a moment.

Row 9 in the Beech 1900 has three seats across the back. Seat 9B (the only B seat in the place) is samdwiched between two other 16 inch wide seats, with no arm rest at all. There is absolutely no way to avoid full arm and leg contact with your neighbor pax in that seat.

This can really suck when the VCM (AC) is not working on a 90F day and you're 10th in line for takeoff.

Ah! Reminds me of a time we had to deadhead on a 1900 from CAK-CLE. We got the back row. Our very hot FA (were were a 120 crew) sat between us. Ground hold in CAK made her aroused and she started breathing heavy, rubbing the nape of her neck and breastses with one hand, rubbing my thigh with the other........ Crazy the things you experience in this industry.

 

[captjim]

Ah! Reminds me of a time we had to deadhead on a 1900 from CAK-CLE. We got the back row. Our very hot FA (were were a 120 crew) sat between us. Ground hold in CAK made her aroused and she started breathing heavy, rubbing the nape of her neck and breastses with one hand, rubbing my thigh with the other........ Crazy the things you experience in this industry.

Who was it, I'll request her next summer!

 

[Draginass]

No such thing as a bad commuter/jumpseat. The problem in that particular place was fat passengers. Unfortunately, it's a problem that's getting worse. Can't wait for the lawsuits to start claiming discrimination towards fat people because the seat are wide enough for the wide-body crowd.