Originally Posted by
halls120
If there's no "objective way" to say it's the overall worst, there is no objective way to claim that it "easily retains the best recliner F cabin in the fleet."
Not so. The 753 F cabin is the only standard F cabin that is exclusive and private and includes 2L boarding. It also is only beaten by the A320 in pitch, and there's no indication in the released data so far to indicate a pitch decline. There may be more room when all is said and done. Add in a good lav ratio with both front and rear access points, and the most "normal" F seats away from bulkheads, and there's plenty of objective facts that say the 753 is and will remain the best mainline plane in standard F.
Originally Posted by
findark
Which planes? Other than the Airbus fleet pretty sure DL and UA have very similar configs up front, except for the DL 757s with an F cabin that stops short of Door 2.
And on the widebodies it's no contest in favor of UA.
Recently I did that math and found that the two carriers are very close in domestic F seats per domestic plane with F class. It's less than 1 seat per plane overall. The gap between mainlines is only about .6 seats per plane. The larger gap was in the regional fleets--about 1 seat per departure. The loss of seats with UA's Airbuses is mostly made up by the fact that UA has a larger ratio of planes with 16, 20, 24, or 28 F seats. Hard to believe on the surface, but the carriers are nearly identical.
I haven't done the math for F/Y ratio, but I imagine them to be pretty close again. UA might have a lead in that one with their commonly lower density airplanes.