Originally Posted by LapLap

The most comfortable configuration may depend on the length of your legs.

Personally, as someone who is 165cm with slightly longer legs than torso, I don’t find the first row in PE particularly comfortable, not after the first few hours anyway. The foot rest makes all the difference to me.

I have seen taller people comment that it is the opposite for them, that the foot rest position doesn’t suit them and the extra room at the bulkhead is better.