I prefer to fly Business Class when I travel for work for a number of reasons.
First, there's more room in the seats and in the cabin generally, in fact almost as much as they allocate to First Class. As I am a big guy, by body size, that sure comes in handy.
Second, pretty much all the Business Class passengers are seasoned travellers, who know what they want and what they expect from the airline, so the cabin staff are also likely to be experienced, capable and very friendly, trying hard to please and retain these regular passengers.
Third, Business Class tends to be a bit of a club for these regular travellers (in fact, is called Club Class on some airlines) and can be quite relaxed about all the normal airline rules by comparison with the other normal airline Classes. I find that relaxed atmosphere to suit my nature and preferences well.
Last, of all the airline Classes, if a flight is not fully booked, it's most likely that the one with less passengers and more empty seats will be Business. This makes some specific flights even more relaxed and, at the same time, can lead to the few passengers flying in that Class getting a whole lot more attention from the Cabin Staff, even to the Flight Attendants sitting down with non-sleeping passengers and chatting for hours at a time.
Actually, there are occasional flights where there may be only one or two passengers in the Class but with the full complement of Flight Attendants. It is one such flight that led to the following experience.
I was departing a major middle-Eastern country on one of their airlines, booked all the way through via Bahrain and Bangkok to my home destination of Sydney in Australia. On embarkation, I noticed that I was one of only two Business Class passengers, the other being a minor local Sheikh who it turned out was only travelling the short hop to Bahrain for a weekend out of the tight non-alcoholic laws of his own country.
He had, of course, chosen my airline so that, immediately into the flight, he could obtain his first scotch whiskey of the weekend, as this airline allowed that to all its passengers on outbound flights. He spent his time in his whiskey and I had a couple of quick cold flutes of complimentary champagne, followed by a cleansing beer.
In Bahrain, the same aircraft was continuing through for the entire flight. The Sheikh disembarked, but I decided to remain on the aircraft, one of few to do so, as the airline generally liked to clean up the aircraft a bit while on the ground after each leg.
As the first leg had been so short and with only two passengers, the Flight Attendants had little to do and were quite happy to leave me there with an extra beer to be going on with. So was I.
I had expected the Business Class cabin to have filled up when the flight was getting ready to depart on the next leg but was surprised to find that as the cabin staff were bustling around, making ready to depart, I was still the only passenger there. In fact, only in Bangkok would more passengers being joining Business Class. It was also a point not lost on the Flight Attendants themselves, most of whom would be hugely bored with no-one to look after on a long leg.
As both the other classes were completely full and the cabin staff in those classes were likely to be run off their feet, the Business Class girls started to discuss whether they would redeploy themselves to assist in those classes. Of course, I was the only "thorn in this ointment". What would they do with me?
Would they shift me to one of the other classes, with the possible problem that I might be both very uncomfortable and very unhappy if they were forced to downgrade me? Or would they leave me where I was, which meant at least one of their number needed to remain with me, to look after me, keeping me happy and fully satisfied?
Gladly for me, they decided on the latter, leading to the realisation of a long-held fantasy on that long night flight. I was to remain in Business Class, along with a pretty young Irish Flight Attendant named Helen, petite, slim and willowy. It seemed she was the youngest and least experienced of the crew, but perfectly capable, and she also seemed quite shy and quiet compared to the other more exuberant girls. I didn't mind that, though, as I am quite partial to quiet women.
She was also a style of woman that I am especially partial to. As I mentioned, petite, slim and willowy, with pale-ish red hair (sort of mixed with blonde) and fair skin without being extremely pale or hugely freckled. For a short girl, her legs gave the impression of some length rather than being stumpy, she had slim but undoubtedly womanly hips and the swell of her pert upturned breasts pushed out the material of her flight uniform just nicely. But, of course, I didn't notice all of this. Much!
So, the rest of the Business Class Flight Attendants disappeared to assist in the other two classes, leaving us alone. Helen bustled about in the galley for the first few minutes of the flight, while the Seat Belts sign was still lit. In fact, the time started to drag a little and, being an Aussie bloke, I was starting to get a little dry. I was just considering getting out of my seat and wandering back down to the galley to get a drink from Helen, when she popped her head around the corner of the galley and called out asking what I wanted to drink.
I asked for my normal beer and she replied that she'd bring it down in a few moments. I responded that she needn't do that, I'd come up the back for it. Another thing I quite often do when I fly is stand at the galley with the crew, so that they do not have to run up and down the aisle to me in the middle of the night and also as it has often given me the chance to chat with the girls. Occasionally, this has led to getting together with some of the Flight Attendants while they're on lay-over in the same city in which I am staying. But those occasions are other stories.
I arrived at the galley to see Helen's cute rear end pointed toward me, as she bent forward to rummage in one of the galley drawers for my beer. She found one, straightened up and turned around, to be surprised by me standing there. Her cheeks flushed a little and she asked me how long I had been there.
Without thinking, I replied that I'd been standing there about 6 or 7 inches, a more crude variation on an old family in-joke, in which my father always replied "five foot ten and a half" whenever asked a How-Long question. He, of course, always meant his height, mine was just a little more basic. Helen's cheeks flushed a little bit more.
Immediately, I regretted my insensitivity and lack of thought in what I said and started to apologise when Helen surprised the hell out of me by bursting out laughing and calling me a decidedly cheeky man. Thank God for the more relaxed atmosphere in Business Class, I thought, as I too started to laugh. Then she suprised me even more as she asked me, giggling, whether I liked her arse. Did I like her arse? Is the Pope an unwed Father?
In for a penny, in for a pound, I told her that she had a fine arse, she had a beautiful arse, she had the arse of all arses, that her arse looked good enough to bury my face in. She stopped me there, in my tracks, by gently slapping my wrist and suppressing her laugh to an intriguing smile. She then told me that, if I was not better behaved, she'd take that arse out to one of the other classes and send another of the Flight Attendants back to deal with me. I had visions of being in a bit of trouble, which obviously showed on my face. She smiled up at me, in an impish fashion, and said "Gotcha, you cheeky man!".
I smiled back, relaxed, realising that she too had enjoyed the exchange and wasn't really offended by it at all. So, I told her, yes, her rear end was very cute, at which she beamed back at me and thanked me for the compliment.
I asked her if she minded me hanging out there at the galley with her and she said it was fine and, in fact, the company was welcome, as she'd never before worked a flight without the other girls around and she thought it would be lonely to do so. But she said that, with only me in the class, she was not going to have a whole lot to do and thought we'd both get bored just standing around. Plus she'd like to get a chance to get off her feet.