Originally Posted by pamann
I don't however understand this fascination with wanting to sit in the front section
At the risk of stating what seems self-evident, given the choice I would look to sit in the front rows if I were travelling with carry-on baggage only and in a hurry to get through the airport (particularly immigration) before 150+ other people. If I am in no rush (e.g. checked baggage, long wait for connecting flight, etc.) there is less of a front-rows imperative. But this is verging on a "Passengers and SLF" discussion...