This says your airplane seat choice about your personality

Everyone who has ever sat next to me on a plane knows that I'm fine with anything, as long as I get an aisle seat. If that doesn't happen, then alter ego Kiki Paniekie stands up and believe me: you don't want her on the plane.

The panicked preference for an aisle seat actually stems from a slight trauma from a few years ago. On a super busy flight from Los Angeles back to Schiphol, I was sitting by the window. And. It. Was. Warm. And. I. Felt. Trapped. And. Claustrophobic. I had two glasses of wine to relax (which of course totally backfired) and suddenly the classic panic attack came up. Result? The feeling that you're going to vomit/faint/foam at the mouth/hyperventilate or worse. In the end, a lovely stewardess took care of me and I sat for four hours with a deathly pale face in her seat at the back of the plane. Since then, the aisle seat has been a must for when I fly.

Well, luckily I'm not the only weirdo with a preference. It turns out that there are very few people who ‘don't care’ which seat they have on the plane. In fact, your seat choice seems to reflect your personality. The Telegraph interviewed several psychologists and they came up with a number of surprising conclusions.

First of all: aisle sitters are generally more social than window sitters. ‘Passengers who prefer to sit by the window want to have the reins in their hands. They have a ‘everyone for themselves’ attitude in daily life and can quickly get annoyed by small things,’ says Becky Spelman, chief psychologist at a private clinic. ‘They love to be more in their own bubble and to ‘nest’.’ Behavioral psychologist Jo Hemmings agrees. ‘Aisle sitters are often more social and accessible, but also restless flyers who find it harder to sleep on planes.’ However, seat choice is of course related to more than one factor. A survey by Quartz shows that the more often you fly, the more inclined you are to sit by the aisle.

But, what about the middle seat? I can hardly imagine it, but there are still people who prefer to sit in that sardine spot. According to psychologist Brian Little, middle seaters are extroverted. ‘These are people who enjoy social contact. Middle seaters don't mind sharing their personal bubble with others, sometimes even to the annoyance of the window sitters.’

Source: CheapTickets