Originally Posted by
ijgordon
The 320 seats are pretty thick. I assume they’re taking pitch from 34” to 32” — and they should easily be able to take 1-2” off the old seats, so in theory legroom could be the same. Of course then the question becomes how comfortable the seats are - not only initially, but in 5 years also.
Adjustable headrests (with wings) would be nice; can’t remember if the 321 has them.
So, what will the seat pitch be for EMS on these new aircraft? It seems that JetBlue is increasing the total seats from 150 to 162, meaning two extra rows. When JetBlue first started flying in 2000, the A320 had 162 seats with 32" pitch and EMS did not exist yet. This tells me that the reconfigured A320 couldn't have much of an "EMS" section unless they are actually stealing space from somewhere else, since the seat count will actually be the same as when they first started flying. I thought they nixed the proposed galley and crew rest area reconfiguration?