Al Dente Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 "United Confirms 10-Abreast Seating on Some of its 777s" by Ben Mutzabaugh on usatoday.com Like Michelle Duggar's vagina, airplanes are becoming clown cars. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnb Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 "United Confirms 10-Abreast Seating on Some of its 777s" by Ben Mutzabaugh on usatoday.com Like Michelle Duggar's vagina, airplanes are becoming clown cars. In a 777, 10 abreast yields seat widths of 17". That is the standard seat width on a 737, e.g. on Southwest which everybody seems to love. So relatively speaking it's not really a big deal provided we're talking about domestic trip times (I don't know about Hawaii from the east coast). Hawaii is a notorious low-fare competitive route, which certainly factors in to these decisions. I wouldn't want to fly one to China, but they aren't flying them to China anyway. Watch for the seat pitch; that will be more critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 So it's not really a big deal provided we're talking about domestic trip times (I don't know about Hawaii from the east coast). And as long as you don't need to get up for any reason, or order anything to eat or drink when other passengers are sleeping. May as well learn now: "How To Use A Japanese Capsule Hotel" by Bridget Borgobello on gizmag.com I'll take a capsule hotel for 5-8 hours *anytime* over what the airlines are currently forcing us to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnb Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 And as long as you don't need to get up for any reason, or order anything to eat or drink when other passengers are sleeping. 3-3-3 or 3-4-3, either way you still have one person and one only to climb over to get to the aisle from a middle seat. It will happen to 33% more people of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 3-3-3 or 3-4-3, either way you still have one person and one only to climb over to get to the aisle from a middle seat. It will happen to 33% more people of course. My mistake - I thought it was 10 in a row without an aisle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnb Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 My mistake - I thought it was 10 in a row without an aisle. Actually, if I understand correctly, in some cases at least United is going from 2-5-2 to 3-4-3, which if true would be an improvement for that poor sap in the dead middle seat, at least as far getting out is concerned. I don't know for sure however, though I am pretty sure there are 2-5-2's flying around up there somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 Actually, if I understand correctly, in some cases at least United is going from 2-5-2 to 3-4-3, which if true would be an improvement for that poor sap in the dead middle seat, at least as far getting out is concerned. I don't know for sure however, though I am pretty sure there are 2-5-2's flying around up there somewhere. I've flown 2-5-2's. Here's a little conversation about the topic on tripadvisor.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnb Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Here is a web site that might help one find a more comfortable seat when selecting flights. It requires a little practice to get up to speed: http://www.routehappy.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrid Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 3-4-3 would definitely be worse than 2-5-2, and not just because of the reduced width involved. It means going from one person per row who is two seats from exit to two. I recently got stuck in such a configuration as the exit seat on the window aisle. The mother and daughter seated next to me made no less than 8 bathroom trips during the flight, waking me up 4 times during a 14 hour flight to China. Not surprised that United is making this move. They seem to have zero interest in the comfort of their passengers and their slim profile seat are the worst I have experienced and used on their long haul flights to China as of 2015. I used to fly United a lot because I had a big FF mileage account with them (they have since moved to cap mileage to dollars spent rather than miles flown), but my recent somewhat more pleasant experiences on other airlines (especially Delta, surprisingly) suggest that United should be avoided at all costs for longer haul flights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 "#PlaneFails: Passengers Behaving Badly On Airplanes" on nydailynews.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnb Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Latest development (or non-development??) in the saga of the federal government mandating airline seat dimensions: "Senate Declines to Delve into Airline Legroom" by Bart Jansen on usatoday.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted April 8, 2016 Author Share Posted April 8, 2016 Latest development (or non-development??) in the saga of the federal government mandating airline seat dimensions: "Senate Declines to Delve into Airline Legroom" by Bart Jansen on usatoday.com Aug 30, 2013 - "The Pampered World of Congressional Air Travel" by Joshua Green on bloomberg.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnb Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Aug 30, 2013 - "The Pampered World of Congressional Air Travel" by Joshua Green on bloomberg.com Congress was really pathetic in how they tried to minimize public perception of the real purpose of that parking lot at DCA. I don't know how it is done nowadays, but IIRC the signs used to say it was for Supreme Court Justices, ambassadors, and (oh, just an afterthought) members of Congress. I wonder how many of the cars parked there were owned by SCOTUS types and ambassadors. Hah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 Congress was really pathetic in how they tried to minimize public perception of the real purpose of that parking lot at DCA. I don't know how it is done nowadays, but IIRC the signs used to say it was for Supreme Court Justices, ambassadors, and (oh, just an afterthought) members of Congress. I wonder how many of the cars parked there were owned by SCOTUS types and ambassadors. Hah! I think we need more Mr. Smith's in Washington, and I'm not saying that to be snotty; I'm dead serious. If I were in Congress, I would fly coach for as long as I was able. "Flying High: Members of Congress Get Free Reserved Parking as well as First-Class Flights" by Sean Lengell on washingtonexaminer.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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