Hello. I am a new poster and have some questions about Air France. We're taking a flight LAX-CDG, and I see that seats in the upper deck, row 89, are available, two seats aisle and window, which I really like. The other choice is to get row 31, aisle and middle, on the lower deck.

We've never flown on the top level, though comments on here I've seen say it's quieter. My concern is that we have a tight connection at CDG (on to Prague) - is it faster to disembark from the top level than the main level? As far as I can count...there would be 134 people in front of us on the upper deck, and about 190 on the lower deck - if only the front staircase is used, anyway. But I don't have any experience with how they disembark. Do they use both the front and back stairs?

Next question: I really need the flip down foot rest! Flew Virgin to Heathrow and had no foot rest and my legs were dying. Does this AF plane always have one, or should I buy a travel one and bring it along.

Thanks very much for any advice.