Can anyone explain to me the logic of the people seated in 3D/4D/5D?Are they hoping that a TLV flight will actually go out with an empty J seat?
{humble brag}
Even if it does remain empty, what do they gain by having an empty J seat near them? It's not like you need extra space in J to lay down, aka lay across 3 economy seats. You might as well take a window seat with assured privacy, too.
I would say they would rather sit in the middle closer up to the front then window at the back
Perhaps they were automatically assigned by United for pax that didn't select a seat.
Maybe they have a flying companion in A and want to have walking access to them, rather than sitting next to them in the 2 middle side by sides. I think I have done that before.
Yup, I highly doubt that everyone put time or logic in selecting a seat.On the other hand, why would you seat so close to the galley?
Bulkhead in business have much larger footwells.
Seems crazy to sacrifice so much privacy all to be a few rows closer to the front.
Seems crazy to take the risk to have a noisy galley all to have a larger footwell though I can’t judge, I never saw it as an issue.
Certainly a trade-off. But I can use earplugs and an eyemask to solve the galley problem.
Maybe they are lonely travelers eager to have someone's ear to chew off for 12 hours?