Originally Posted by
Kurt
I have only flown Y in the 3-4-3 configuration on shorter flights, LAX-DEN and DEN-IAH (both "island" configuration 777-200s with the old business class cabins reused as first class seating). It's the shoulder space that really suffers. Once I had a middle empty next to me, the second time the adjacent passenger was very petite. I would dread facing something like SFO-HKG (on the 777-300, also 3-4-3) in this configuration.
my family are all pretty slim an the toddler will be sitting between my wife and me so it's not so much the width that is concerning. it's more the the firmness of the seat bottom cushion. i need firm cushions because of my back. i have suffered several times due to the domestic seats on carriers such as old south west or american having seats that sunk in at the bottom as soon as you sit in them.