So does going forward for some people....Coach (John) Madden won't get on a plane even if he was offered a a new NFL team and a gauranteed Super Bowl! "Kenton A. Hoover" wrote: > 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