I remember the days when I actually worked flights to Las Vegas from Cincinnati, OH. At just over 3 hours and possibly closer to 4, it was a bit of a stretch on that Regional Jet with narrow seats and only 1 bathroom for 50 passengers. The only good thing, for the passengers at least, was the fact that everyone was sleeping. Since I was the only flight attendant and the cabin was dark, I was always a little paranoid about falling asleep.
Jump forward to today, when I find myself sitting in the first class cabin of an Airbus A320 aircraft.
Personally, unless you plan on drinking a lot, I would rather have three seats to myself in the coach cabin where I could lay down. The seats are a lot wider and nice soft leather with plenty of room for two beverages and my bag in the center section between the two seats allowing me to have my bag and legroom too. Of course, if I would definitely rather have first then be completely trapped in the middle!
That wide center counsel is not very comfortable for laying down though, despite my attempts. With my head laid against the wall, I wake up half way through the flight in need to go to the airplane “ladies room”. I notice right away that the legroom that I had when I first sat down is now suddenly gone. So much so that I have to practically squeeze my way out and try not to grab the seats in front of me with sleeping passengers.
I decide to go ahead and pull out my computer to write about something completely different only to discover that I cannot even pull out my tray table! Really? You can always pull out your tray table (or put it down) in any seat on the CRJ200! So, here I sit turned slightly to the side with an aching back and my laptop sitting on that arm rest that I mentioned. Good thing that there’s no drink there or passenger next to me.
Are we there yet?
