Another option is that due to advanced seat selection, the particular type of seat the passenger had requested might not have available at checkin, however, due to no shows and upgrades, seats may have become available. Mark "Shawn P. Stokes" wrote: > Jan, > > No offence taken at all. > > My thoughts on it is, Americans wish for more personal space. Most moving > around I have seen/done has to do with open space somewhere else. Like if > I'm assigned a seat in a row that I have people next to me, but the row > three behind and to my right has just someone at the window (I'm assuming > single isle 6 abreast) I'll move back so there is not someone sitting right > next to me. Not saying this is the only answer, but from what I've seen > Europeans are a closer bunch then us Yanks, so I would guess that is a lot > of it. > > Shawn > KDCA > > At 07:29 PM 4/24/02 +0200, you wrote: > >Hi all, > > > >just noted this remark in Dennis Zeuch's trip report: > > > Seat belt sign on a lot and we were told not to change seats after takeoff > >which made me think of a major difference between flying in Europe and in > >the United States. > >Over they years, I've flown quite a lot both intra-European, domestic US and > >intercontinental flights between the two parts of the world, and it seems to > >me that whenever there are American passengers involved, a whole lot of > >"moving around" seems to take place, whereas Europeans seem to stay put in > >their assigned seats. > >I don't wish this to turn into any kind of Europe vs. US discussion or to > >slag Dennis or anyone else, but I just wonder: Why this difference??? > >If the Americans fancy particular seats in the plane, why not ask for them > >at check-in? I mean, if they're available once airborne, the chances are > >that they would have been at check-in also... > >Another aspect (probably one that only a small number of passengers think > >of, but anyway...) is the fact that post-crash identification of bodies > >often is performed from where the bodies (or remains) are found, compared > >with the seats assigned. Not that I ever hope ending up as a few charred > >remains, but if the unlikely happens, I would sure like that the ashes my > >family received would be mine and not some other guy who happened to like my > >seat better than his own. > > > >But as I said, I don't wish to insult anyone - I just wonder what's the > >reason for the difference in behaviour? > > > >Rgds > >Jan Broe > >EKCH ATC