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Mar 6, 2013 | 6:49 pm

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grahampros

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Originally Posted by incognitoMD

I don't find significant differences in the F seats on the 737 and MD80; I'm fine with both. However, I was planning for an award trip earlier last week, and I came across ORD-SFO being flown by an MD80. It is definitely not comfortable in the rear of the Y cabin on an MD80 for a ~4 hour flight. While SFO is certainly not the same as LAX in AA's vision, flying the route with an MD80 is just

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What Y cabin is comfortable for 4 hours? F on the 737 has a bit more width and bit more pitch then the MD-80 and on those longer hauls i've found it noticeable after oh 2.5/3 hours in.