Originally Posted by fly747first
Well I can understand the case of the Upper Deck of 747s because the door is rather large and putting a row of seats there would prevent passengers and crew from easily reaching the door in case of an emergency. However, in the case of the UA 757s, there are 2 window exits on each side which are slightly separated from each other as seen on the reg non-p.s. 757 configuration which have 2 rows around that area labeled "exit rows." I just think that if you have nearly 102 inches, divided by 2, is still 51 inches, maybe they could have moved all the rows in front of row 9 a bit forward or something. I don't know, to me nearly 102 inches is just a big waste of space because no one needs that much leg room.
Folks are thinking too hard
First off, the seats have legrests, and in row 9, the legrest has to be able to fully extend without blocking the exit window, so the row 9 seats have to start a bit back from the exit window to begin with.
The row 8 seats have to be able to have a full recline, so they have to be placed well ahead of the exit row window behind them so they can recline without blocking it.
The space between the two exit windows could POSSIBLY be used for a row of C seats or an individual seat, but even so it wouldn't be able to recline much at all, and the footrest wouldn't be able to extend fully if it blocked the aisle path to the exit.
- T