I've now taken about 12 long flights on the new 767 and 747 C seats, and this issue still bugs me each time.

Photo above from last week shows the shelf well, located under the TV screens. (Only took it due to Argentina insisting all who de-planed - crew as well - wore these quite stoopid masks!)

As we know that shelf is for all intents and purposes - FLAT.

In even MILD turbulence everything on it generally hits the floor.

Books, headphones, pens, amenity packs, toiletries, menus etc - all fall off.

On a ~15 hour flight you are entitled to have some personal stuff easily reachable in front of you.

Even in coach you can store such stuff in the seat pocket in front of you.

Clearly UA did not think much about this, as to add it from day #1 would have cost near zero per seat.

What I am proposing if anyone in Elk Grove ever sees this post, is to simply retro fit a 2" high clear perspex lip across from side to side, at right angles to the shelf. Or one made of the same brushed metal as the seat shell, when next in for D services.

Cost even now very minimal, and it will not look too out of place. Clearly being moulded into the one piece shell WOULD have been wiser and neater, but we can't go back in history.

I wear spectacles and there is NOWHERE to store them now when you lie down. Leave them in my shirt pocket and I'll crack them.

So this post is not to criticise the seats, which are better than the old ones.

Just to hopefully IMPROVE what is there, as knowing UA, we are stuck with these for a decade on, and many 10,000s of future pax will thank you if you get on and address this MAJOR shortcoming in some way.

The FAs I've mentioned it to all say things like - "yes that was bad design - we hear that comment all the time - there should have been some storage somewhere".

Glen
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