Originally Posted by
thijsseh
Is it that bad?
Very poor back support and I just can't seem to find a comfortable sleeping position or a comfortable recline position. The footrest makes it even more awkward.
Originally Posted by
thijsseh
I can’t sleep sitting up, which is the main reason I don’t find PE appealing: even with an empty seat next to you, you can’t ‘use’ it.
I flew Y for the first time in 6 years a while ago. Although I had three seats to myself on the first leg and even 4 seats on the second (on a A380) and therefore could lie down, I still could not sleep. Just too uncomfortable with all the bumps, plus too much going on around me.
Fortunately I don’t fly that much anymore so I can still fly J or F (the latter occasionally).
I am able to manage ultra long haul flights sitting in the Y seats. For some reason I do not find the seat contours/ bumps to be intrusive in the 4 seaters on the A380 and have managed to get some good sleep on the occasions I have had them all to myself. And of course, in the PE seats you do not get any additional benefit when the seat next to you is empty. So paying a premium fare to be in PE just does not cut it for me.