Originally Posted by
mahasamatman
I'm becoming increasingly worried that the short pitch is compromising safety. I wonder if the FAA is requiring evacuation tests on these setups.
Computer simulations mostly. But Kirby stated in the Congressional hearings yesterday that UA does perform evac tests and I'm pretty sure it was done with the 77W using crew to evac the plane.
Originally Posted by
bldr1k
Yea - I have and started measuring it compared to Southwest. In some cases there is no difference between UA e+ and Southwest.
I do not believe that is accurate unless you're getting WN exits. What seats on which aircraft and what measured pitch?
Also, this is a new seat that was shown off at Aircraft Interiors Expo (largest industry trade show of the year) last month pitched at 28". I'm 5'11"/195# sitting in it.
I wouldn't recommend using a laptop there but it also didn't require massive contortion to get in or break my knees sitting there.