Originally Posted by
Bravo73
This has come up many times before.
It is more likely a hangover from nautical times. Passengers are loaded on the port side of a FW (just like in ships). Therefore, if the PIC sits in the left seat, he/she can monitor the loading from their window.
I was thinking about this, a few months ago as i was boarding a cruise ship in Honolulu. So I'm boarding the ship, and am directed to head aft to the saloon until our rooms were ready. I go to turn right, but they point me to the left... i say ummm wouldn't aft be this way, sorry sir its that way, didn't we just board, so port side of the ship, sorry sir you came onto the Left hand side, ahh starboard, no, Left hand side.!!!
I gave up at that point, and headed in the direction they pointed! He was right, he pointed me aft, but i was stuck wondering why the Port side of the ship wasn't facing the Port.