Originally Posted by
AirScotia
It also seems odd to me that two seats next to the relevant window were apparently empty, two of only seven unoccupied seats in a full flight - including a window seat at that.
It's normally just a trivia - though of relevance here - that USA passengers, have a strangely different perspective to Europe, and go on about getting an Aisle Seat. Noticeable on carriers with free seating like Southwest that those first in take aisle seats, whereas comparably on Ryanair they more commonly take window seats first. It leads to considerable inefficiencies in boarding as the aircraft fills up and there needs to be making way for others to pass by, sometimes with reluctance, Given these incident seats are at the rear, they are the ones, fortunately, likely to go unused where the aircraft is not full.