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Jul 18, 2013 | 9:08 am

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Originally Posted by BStrauss3

I believe the older planes are pressurized to 6K ft and the newer to 8K ft.

Wouldn't it be the other way around? Passenger comfort would be the lower pressure altitude. That was a customer friendly feature of the 787 - a lower cabin altitude to make for a more comfortable ride, especially on the longer trips that it would be flying.