Originally Posted by
Gambler
Attended a MPO lunch held at Happy Valley Jockey club this afternoon and during a conversation with one of the marketing officers, after i told her my dissappointment with the new business class, she said that they would be implementing some changes including a change which would enable the central partition to fold/slide down so that people travelling together could actually communicate if they wish. Does anyone know more or is this merely something on CX's "to do list" and may only get implemented when they decide it's time to introduce the next 'new' business class?
I was trying to visualize this the other day on my 77A flight in J, and I just couldn't. I specifically remembered your post and was trying to reconcile it with what I saw on the plane.
Say you're in 20D for an example purpose. The TV is enormous, and then next to the TV is the handset. The problem is this - the head of the person in 19D is right around where your handset is. The only logical place I could see to make the central portion recline would be behind the handset (in your seat, 20D), but then the only way to communicate with the person in 19D would be if the person in 19D is completely reclined. Otherwise you'll be talking to the back of their chair. Even when they lay down, there is such a slant to the 77A seats that you won't be on the same level. My main assumption here is that they can't move the TVs.
Assuming the TV can't be moved, the other option would be to make the front part of the divider between 20D and 19D go down, at the back of your TV (from the perspective of the person in 20D), but the issue there is while it is very convenient for the person in 19D to talk, he will have to hang his head around and look back left to communicate with the person in 20D, because the person in 20D is so much farther recessed.
Does this make sense to anyone?