Originally Posted by
sltlyamusd
Yeah, pitch is 41" as I understand, so same as the reconfigured planes currently have. Legroom might be slightly better if the new seatback is thinner. Per the article, seat will not have a legrest, but just a fold-out footrest. Probably just a metal bar that folds down from the back of the seat in front of you. Amtrak has this style of footrest on some of the seats on their trains. I find them pretty useless.
Looks like they don't have the extra little tray that pulls out from the center, either. We like having lots of horizontal space, and will miss that little tray.