Originally Posted by
JALPak
I am sitting in an apex seat on a 789 right now and I don’t feel any tightness at all. Of course if you put your backpack next to you then it will be tight. I don’t need bunch of storage. They are nice to have but a tapered footwell is a deal killer for me. That’s why I don’t like the QSuite and even the old CX F seat. I probably won’t like the new JAL J seat either. If it has the same issue. I just can’t lie down comfortably if my feet are pushing against the walls.
I generally don't like tapered footwells either, but some have much more space than others. For example, on ANA's old staggered J seat on the 77W I thought the footwell was very spacious. Same with the ANA A380. The Room, however, has a much smaller footwell that squashes your feet. The worst one I ever experienced was the "throne" seat on a MH A330. That footwell was TINY. I expect the new JAL seat to have a footwell similar to ANA's old 77W staggered seat, so I think it will be very spacious.