Originally Posted by
kaffir76
Good points, I'm also a bad back sufferer so I feel your pain.
The problem with the JL seat is that the hole is long & narrow. Once I inserted my legs into the hole, I could not move (I am a side sleeper)
So I had to take them out & bend my knees. Must have looked awkward to anyone walking past.
That's a pain! I have small feet (European 35-36) so I essentially never have any issues with the size of the foot hole, but I can see it being problematic for a lot of people.
The bulkhead seat on 'non-regional' SQ flights solve the issue of those twist seats but if you book late, you might find them being occupied and that's my long-standing problems with SQ. Thankfully, a lot of my SQ F/Suite-less flights are 'regional' now, although BNE currently seems to be a mix of long haul and regional.