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Subject: Re: Now they want us to fly backwards Posted on: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 20:49:02 +0100


"Jim Davis" wrote in message
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> On Apr 15, 3:15 am, Bjorn Munch wrote:
>> [Tom Bradbury]:
>>
>> > I always sit facing backwards when on a train.
>>
>> Really? I hate sitting backwards. If we pass anything interesting I
>> won't know until it's already passed and I won't have time to prepare
>> to get a good look at it.
>>
>> Plus, it feels unnatural.
>>
>> I think I would have less problems with flying backwards, even with a
>> window seat, as the scenery below moves more slowly (relative to its
>> distance). But takeoff and landing would probably feel very strange.
>>
>> - Bjorn Munch
>
> I tend to doze off when the plane starts to taxi. At take off, I have
> to hold myself back on the seat. It's not only take off, but the
> plane is climbing, and I can't relax until we level off.
>
> You can't always stretch your legs out, because there is someone
> directly across from you who is also trying to find a place for their
> legs.

I think you've miss-understood how it works.

ISTM that everybody in "A" faces forward, everybody in "B"
faces backwards etc.

tim


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