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Nov 10, 2023 | 8:01 am

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Originally Posted by 13901

The seats the OP has sat on (I suppose on the 787-8 or -9) were made by Recaro and launched in the late noughties. They feature the 'hammock'-like headrest and they were specifically designed to have a slightly larger seatback - Recaro said it was for comfort - and as a result the space between each seatback got smaller as the seat went, shall we say, 'up'

That makes sense, ty. They'd have benefitted then from the twisty centre armrest on the Concorde seats, I was fascinated by that design every time I sat in those seats. Probably wouldn't have worked with IFE controls in though. Pity.

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