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Old Oct 16, 2014, 11:57 pm
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Originally Posted by JIMCHI
Do you think AA ever pre-tested these seats and the cabin layout (forward and backward facing seats, seat width and space, ability to look out the window, etc) with actual passengers before they committed to what I think is a bizzare layout ? Do 50% of the people actually prefer to fly backwards? Certainly not me.
Have you flown rear facing seats before? They're actually pretty comfortable if you give them a chance...

Was assigned to 13A, rear-facing C on the UA 747, a few years back. Haven't gone back to forward facing seats on UA since the. Absolutely love rear facing.
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