If you're like me, you love to travel. If you're also like me... you don't
particularly like economy class. It seems that year, after year, your knee room gets
smaller and smaller and smaller. I'm a pretty tall guy... I'm about six feet tall
and my knees rub against the back of the seat in front of me, and I found a
solution to make my life a little bit more comfortable. When I'm sitting in the
aisle seat of an economy flight. So if you think about the typical layout of
airplane seats... On the side of a plane, you have seat A, next to the window. Seat
B in the middle. Seat C, which is typically the aisle seat.
The armrest in between A & B, and C & B, both lift up and go down. The ones on
the far side next to the window, and the ones in the far side next to the aisle,
they are locked in position. The one next to the window it is completely stuck,
there's no way you can put it up and down. But on most planes the armrest on
the aisle seat has a secret button right here, that you can lift up the armrest
and slide yourself out quite easily.
I've been traveling pretty consistently for eight years, and not once on any
plane has anybody actually said this... that you can use this to slide in and out
much more comfortably if you're on the aisle. I don't know if they don't want you
to know, I don't know if it's only for emergency purposes only. All I know is
that if you are sitting in this seat and you have long legs or your tray tables
down, maybe you're working on a computer, it makes it way easier to slide in and
out of that seat.
It's used by flight attendants in emergencies to get people out much more
quickly, also if you have a disability, lifting that armrest up is much easier
to exit the row. Even if you don't have a disability, you know that weird body wave
worm thing lifting your butt out of the seat to work around the armrest to go to
the bathroom. You look cooler, it's more comfortable, and next time you're flying
check for that little button underneath the armrest. Also make sure that if you
do lift up the armrest and you're sleeping or relaxing... that that trolley
doesn't go by and go BAM against your leg because damn those ladies and men
are ruthless with that thing they will hit your leg and you will be woken up
very abruptly and they will be very upset you're abusing your privileges
with the button so keep that in mind. Thanks for watching, my name is Mike
Corey and if you're new to the channel I make videos about the weird, the
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Make sure to check some of those. I guarantee some will surprise you and
like always, Experiences over Possessions I'll see you in the next video