Hmm. Strangers trying to talk to me for the next X hours is one of the worst things that can happen on a flight for me. Even if they do respect my wishes and

Hmm. Strangers trying to talk to me for the next X hours is one of the worst things that can happen on a flight for me. Even if they do respect my wishes and dont try and talk to me (doesn't always happen), you then have the remaining 10h 59m of the flight to sit awkwardly knowing that you've both managed to annoy each other for trying to instigate something for your own selfish reasons that the other person doesn't want (i.e. you want to talk and they dont, or you dont want to talk and they do - no one wins). Or worse if you dont manage to stop the conversation attempt early, you end up talking to someone for the better part of 10 or 11 hours just out of politeness and all that work/reading/sleep/coding you wanted to get done are lost while someone drones on and on about their garden or their last trip to <destination> Please - only start conversations if you're really sure the other person is interested in talking to you! Particularly on long-haul flights! YMMV I guess - I suppose on short-haul (<1.5 hours) it would be ok, but please please please never do this on long flights! :-)