Can't say how many times I got to sit in either seat during cruise up to 2001. All it took was a polite FA request and excited puppy eyes once the FO/Capt came back to take me up front. Just like my Grandpa regaled me with stories of travelling in Sikorsky flying boats, I guess I will have to entertain my kids and their kids with pictures of me in the front seat with the Sahara or the Rockies stretching to the horizon, 37000 ft below. That's a room they will never know, unless they decide to make it their job.