Trip Reports - CO 777 PRISON SEAT

CO's 777 is a magnificent machine and the service is second to none but watch out when using it for the long hauls i.e. EWR-HKG, EWR-NRT, etc. The seats are designed to almost go prone. If you have the window seat on a 2-2-2 configuration, when the two in front of you have their seat backs all the way back (sleeping on a 15+ hour trip) and the neighbor on the aisle has his leg rest up to make his seat flat, too, YOU ARE LOCKED IN AND CANNOT GET OUT WITHOUT WAKING THE THREE OF THEM BY EITHER ASKING THEM TO PUT YOUR SEATS IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION OR CLIMBING IN THEIR LAPS AND OVER THEM. On that long a flight with 3 meal services, hydration, the need for stretching, walking, etc., it is impossible to be locked into a seat position for 15+ hours, time your bodily functions to your neighbors, or have a pleasant flight with 3 hostile, sleepless neighbors. Don't look to the cabin staff for help. They have no answers. One told me next time to buy the aisle seat for $10,000. so I could control my access.
THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO TAKE ONE OF THE MIDDLE TWO IN THE 2-2-2 AND REMAIN IN CONTROL THE WINDOW SEATS ON A 2-2-2 ARE LIKE PRISONS. FAIR WARNING. JUST ONE FF's OPINION.

Is standing up on your seat and hurdling over your seatmate an option?

Or standing on the cocktail table and using that as a spring-off for the hurdle?

Getting back into the seat...that's the problem...now I see it...

I dunno...trying desperately to think of a solution...

Clement

[This message has been edited by Clement Lowe (edited 06-24-2001).]

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by Clement Lowe:
Is standing up on your seat and hurdling over your seatmate an option?

Or standing on the cocktail table and using that as a spring-off for the hurdle?

Getting back into the seat...that's the problem...now I see it...

I dunno...trying desperately to think of a solution...

Clement

[This message has been edited by Clement Lowe (edited 06-24-2001).]</font>

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif LOL!

Got it!

Does the legrest raise up to the horizontal?
Cos since your seat mate's legrest is RAISED...why not go UNDER it?

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif

Happy solving,

Clement http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

[This message has been edited by Clement Lowe (edited 06-25-2001).]

Ah-

this is a problem on many flights- including TWA's TWO service to Europe. My partner's long legs have been trapped by fully reclining passengers and short of pulling herself up on the headrest of these folks and causing me great distress, its almost impossible to get out. We opt for the bulkhead (1h,j) to alleviate this problem.

I agree, if you are claustrophobic, then go with the middle seats, but you lose out on the window peering possiblities.


lala

Hi:
I like your way of thinking. Thanks for a few chuckles. Figured out the solution to be one of the two middle aisles seats on the 2-2-2 configuration. Thant was access is available regardless of the adjacent seat since they have their own access on the other side. Otherwise, it's a great way to fly.
Best wishes. <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by Clement Lowe:
Is standing up on your seat and hurdling over your seatmate an option?

Or standing on the cocktail table and using that as a spring-off for the hurdle?

Getting back into the seat...that's the problem...now I see it...

I dunno...trying desperately to think of a solution...

Clement

[This message has been edited by Clement Lowe (edited 06-24-2001).]</font>

Good morning lalala:
You hit it right on the head. Have bulkhead booked 1D for next flight and any D or E middle 2 in the future. Will be willing to trade-off the view for 5 minutes on either end for 15+ hours of comfort. I'm really not claustrophoebic but my office seems a little smaller today than yesteday. Have a good one and thanks for your comments.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by lalala:
Ah-

this is a problem on many flights- including TWA's TWO service to Europe. My partner's long legs have been trapped by fully reclining passengers and short of pulling herself up on the headrest of these folks and causing me great distress, its almost impossible to get out. We opt for the bulkhead (1h,j) to alleviate this problem.

I agree, if you are claustrophobic, then go with the middle seats, but you lose out on the window peering possiblities.


lala</font>

'morning Clement:
Super solution. Limbo dancing at 38,000 feet. I love it. Thanks. Like your thinking. Have a great day. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by Clement Lowe:
Got it!

Does the legrest raise up to the horizontal?
Cos since your seat mate's legrest is RAISED...why not go UNDER it?

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif

Happy solving,

Clement http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

[This message has been edited by Clement Lowe (edited 06-25-2001).]</font>

My solution isn't elegant, but it only inconveniences one passenger (your neighbor on the aisle). I lower my footrest and raise my seat somewhat. Then I stand next to my lowered footrest and (carefully) place one foot on an empty spot of my neighbor's seat to hop into the aisle. Same pattern going back. Usually I explain to my neighbor that I may need to "maneuver" around him during the sleeping hours, and sometimes the neighbor remains sleeping throughout the procedure.

So you were the guy on my last trip that slipped and crashed into the meal cart? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/tongue.gif