Been seduced by images of an economy-class aircraft cabin with spacious seats filled with smiling people? Who hasn’t, but the reality of back-of-the-bus travel doesn’t quite gel with those images. If it’s an international flight, you’re going to become well acquainted with your seat, and that throws up all kinds of dilemmas. Want your Mastermind special subject to be airline seats? Read on. Where are the best seats, and should you pay a premium for a better seat? Are there seats to avoid, and how do you find out where they are? How do you deal with seat kickers, and is it OK to initiate a conversation with the passenger in the next seat? Is premium economy worth the cost for a few centimetres of extra legroom? Why do economy seats feel so tight? Weren’t they bigger and more spacious a couple of decades ago? Which airlines have the best seats in economy? Qantas business class. Most decent business class seats these days are the equivalent of the previous era’s first class.…