Facing backwards during travel does cause motion sickness in some people. --On Wednesday, 16 July, 2003 01.27 +0900 Greg <Filmscape@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Not sure why WN does that with PAX seating but that is very common in > military aircraft. Most seats face backwards in military aircraft > because in the even of an accident...instead of facing forward and being > thrown forward into/with impact...your back is 'to the action' and thus > deemed safer and increased chances survival. That's the story I was > told. > > greg