Originally Posted by
OskiBear
I seem to recall that when I was a kid, we would fly on widebodies where the rows were set up "asymmetrically" as in 3-4-2 versus 3-3-3.
Is there a pro or con to either way?
There was an era when IFE equipment could handle two, but not three screens. Thus 3-3-3 would require six IFE boxes. 3-4-2 and 2-5-2 would require just five boxes.