Moin!
Originally Posted by
LC757
I've flown UA's 77W in E+ at least 5 segments this year, all p.s. With the tight width and hard slimline seats, I'd say 5-6 hours is the max tolerable amount of flight time for this kind of seating situation. And at 5'9 and 150 lbs, I'm essentially average in terms of body proportions.
For me it is totally unbearable but I am 190cm and 90kg (6'3 and 200lbs for the non metric population ;-). I flew the 77W once from HKG to SFO (12 hour flight) in the exit row middle seat (was a late booking). I couldn't sleep at all and given that they also tightened the isle and eliminated nearly all the space where you could stand before, so you also could not really get up and stretch legs. I decided that for me that was my first and last flight on this bird, at least in in economy, I'll fly it in two weeks in Polaris, though only from EWR to SFO.
I totally understand how people make buying decisions on the economy seating on this plane and I will be one avoiding it despite the fact that my main FRA-SFO route is switching to it soon. But I'd rather connect or fly LH PE then getting on this plane in economy again.
So long
-Ralf