'"he wont put his seat up!'"

Originally posted by PVGSLF
I will however be looking out for GJ's knee savers, and will use them without guilt in future.

Aprs moi, le dŽluge [}:)]

GJ

Originally posted by PVGSLF
I will however be looking out for GJ's knee savers, and will use them without guilt in future.

Ah, a convert!

Let me show you the way to true comfort... Here

I shall now don the Nomex.

All,

I know this is bringing back an old topic but having a quick look on the Cathy Pacific website, I found this;

http://www.cathaypacific.com/cpa/en_INT ... onomyclass

What do you all think?

TJnewell

Originally posted by Tjnewell
All,

I know this is bringing back an old topic but having a quick look on the Cathy Pacific website, I found this;

http://www.cathaypacific.com/cpa/en_INT ... onomyclass

What do you all think?

TJnewell

Moving the literature pocket to give more legroom is simple yet effective.

Not sure I like the look of hoe the seat 'reclines'. To me it seams more like a slouch than a recline, but I am sure they invested in R&D so the seat should have a ncie feel.

Goodness knows its gonna blow up in their face if the seat is more uncomfortable than a regular economy seat.

Good luck to them with their new seat, i doubt I will ever get to try it, but if succesful, I am sure it will be coming to a plane near me soon.

Whenever handing out meal trays I automatically ask the person infront to put their seat in the upright position for meal services. I never really get a problem about it. I have had a few people throw fits about the seat being reclined, and I just simply say that the person sitting infront of them paid for their seat and have the right to recline it, simple as. When people kick off on a speech about how little legroom them have (as if I can do anything about it!) I explain the reason we offer Premium Economy onboard the flight.

I'm an economy passenger and I prefer to keep my seat upright. Having it in recline causes me to shuffle forward and my knees are less comfortable. I'm 6'2' and the legroom in VS Y is OK. It's snug. but OK. I get up and walk around every few hours when I go to the loo or get a drink.

If the person in front of me reclines in the new Y seats the only problem is the video screen does not quite tilt up enough making the entertainment a little tricky to see, but you get used to it. The axis of the recline means that your LEG room isn't affected - it's the upper bit of the seat that moves nearer.

However, during meal service I have asked someone to put their seat back up and there wasn't a problem. I seem to remember the Japanese FA's on VS900/901 getting some people to sit upright before meals but they seemed to do it in a way which suggested 'you might like to do this to make it easier for you to eat'. Japanese food needs you to lean over the tray anyway which helped their reasoning I guess.

I probably annoy the recliner in front when I hold on to the seat back to get up [}:)]

As far as I can tell know one has address the issue of night flights. Years ago i was commuting to NYC in Y on a weekly basis. I earned Au the hard way. Anyway, one night someone (I always took the last departure out of JFK) wanted to eat their meal. I had drunk 2 minitures of Jameson and an unhealthy slug of Niquil. I cold ot be rowsed. Now on a night flight I do not want disturbing. I dont want the meal. I want sleep. Its hard enough in Y (I am 6.4 and of rugby player build) But to wake me up on a night flight. These days I ignore the prod of the shoulder and last time showted loud enough for the person to hear - ill gut him like a pig and pull his squeak out through his ass - or words to that effect. I then muttered, sniffed and rolled my head to the other side. This will be repeated next Sunday night if I have to and the thursday after that.

Originally posted by chefknife
As far as I can tell know one has address the issue of night flights. Years ago i was commuting to NYC in Y on a weekly basis. I earned Au the hard way. Anyway, one night someone (I always took the last departure out of JFK) wanted to eat their meal. I had drunk 2 minitures of Jameson and an unhealthy slug of Niquil. I cold ot be rowsed. Now on a night flight I do not want disturbing. I dont want the meal. I want sleep. Its hard enough in Y (I am 6.4 and of rugby player build) But to wake me up on a night flight. These days I ignore the prod of the shoulder and last time showted loud enough for the person to hear - ill gut him like a pig and pull his squeak out through his ass - or words to that effect. I then muttered, sniffed and rolled my head to the other side. This will be repeated next Sunday night if I have to and the thursday after that.

I bet you're just a big old cuddlebug underneath... [:I][:w]

GJ

yes, but only at home. the missus is worse than me. I pick my battles, with strangers who cant ply me with food and drink and then smother me as i dleep

so french woman in 42K - you thought you were important did you. I was courteous, and explained that as I was wedged in, would she mind not putting the seat all the way back. No she said, she had to work (who doesnt)and she would recline as much as she liked. I said very well. I then went to sllep before take off (thats the tylanolPM) as soon as the lights were out she tried to recline, and the seat would move - like I said I was wedged in. I maintained my 'sleeping face' while she rang for assistance - 'but he wont let me recline and its my space she wihned, remindin me that we are due an invasion of paris again. the stewardess looked at the situation and said, well he is not making an effort to annoy you, he is clearly uncmfortable. If you were to force your seatback you would cause him serious pain. Might you consider sitting in this empty seat. Well he can move - madam, he is asleep something I am sure you wish to be as well.

Thankyou suzie.

I'm 6' 5' and have had mixed experiences travelling in Y. One dreadful flight from JFK with a US carrier, the woman in front put her seat back as soon as she could, right on my knee caps, I stood up, politely asked that she move it, her husband then started an argument with me. So I sat and pressed the call bell, the cc then swapped us we got their seats, which I thought was a nice idea. I think that must have been a very shallow pitch, NWA perhaps, it was the mid-90s

Now I travel mainly Y and then cash or with miles ug to PE and buy exit rows when that doesn't work out. My company has a policy of Y for everyone except the board. One of the most sensible things that VS do is sell the exit row, just enough cost that people who need it buy it, those who might fancy it baulk at the price.

I've been lucky in PE and always managed to get a seat at the front of the block. Hoping for the same on Wednesday to BOS.

It is a hard one to solve, but seatguru helps and the pitch is better these days.

thanks
Gavin

Just a thought..... if you book your flight on VS website - they proudly tell you the angle that your seat will go down to (in all classes). Therefore, surely actually having that recline is a condition of contract?

[Darren Wheeler]

Originally posted by musicmanbrain
Just a thought..... if you book your flight on VS website - they proudly tell you the angle that your seat will go down to (in all classes). Therefore, surely actually having that recline is a condition of contract?

Prove it though. not many pack a protractor I'll wager..... [:)]