I’ve gotten stuck beside obese people ( it’s awful - when you can actually feel their blubber ON your seat!! )
and then, there are those crying babies....make ‘em stop !! ( we all put up with that )
the worst was someone beside me on an International flight, pre 2020, coughing, sneezing, nose-blowing, for 12 hours.
commercial airline travel is challenging...
I’m hearing impaired. When I’m around screaming little ones, I simply shut off my hearing aids, leaving them in to block the sound even more.
There’s at least THAT much of an advantage to being partially deaf🙂!