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You would have thought so, but many of the people who are the first to stand up rarely get up and walk around during the flight. That's what I've observed anywa

• mmt 8y ago
  > the people who are the first to stand up rarely get up and walk around during the flight If they didn't get up and walk around during the flight, wouldn't they be the most tired of sitting and therefore the most motivated to stand up first?
  • jobigoud 8y ago
    And somehow they were not tired of sitting half an hour prior, before start of descent?
    • finnthehuman 8y ago
      It's generally too cramped to do that politely, especially if you don't have an aisle seat, they're in the middle of food and drinks, or there is a line for the bathroom. If the plane is large enough to have areas where you can stand without getting in someone else's space, the flight attendants don't let you mill about for long.
    • mmt 8y ago
      Yes, they were not yet tired enough of sitting, at least not enough to stand up for some small amount of time, only to have to sit back down again. This is true for any part of the flight, not not just before the start of descent. There are also any number of other reasons those individuals may not have been motivated enough to stand during the flight itself, as a sibling comment pointed out. My point was that the original observation was not actually of anything odd but, instead, of something consistent with this particular motivation.