Many thanks for your help. I am concerned about the crew chatting loudly behind the curtain at the front of the aircraft preventing sleep on a night flight but hopefully most of the chatting will be in the galley area near the toilets. 1J and 1K are also blocked on my flight and as I greatly prefer bulk heads to having the seat in front fully reclined restricting my foot space I will probably keep an eye on the Expert Flyer seat map in the vain hope that they will be released nearer the time and otherwise stick with 1E unless anyone can confirm that a fully reclined seat in front does not restrict foot space for a 6 feet passenger behind on this AF aircraft.