Originally Posted by Gardyloo
I thought the CE A/C seats on the IST-LHR A320 were more comfortable than AA's 757 F seats, which are used on much longer segments. Actually on a 4+ hr segment last weekend on an AA MD80 in F I was struck at how vastly more comfortable the CE seats were, never mind the service. The CE chairs on IST-LHR may not be the world's greatest J seats, but they're a far cry from the worst.
Wow.
Perhaps padding and seat structure aside, the AA seats (757/MD) are superior to the BA CE seats in just about every quantiative measure -- pitch (38" vs. 34"), width (21"/19.5" vs. 19"?), separation from neighbor (a "real" armrest console on AA, particularly if you're not in the A/C side of a BA narrowbody or the center seats of a 767), and perhaps an overlooked measure, seat cushion depth, front-to-back (don't have stats, but BA CE seats are still COACH seats). I would take an AA domestic F seat over BA CE anyday, and I'd even "suffer" the AA service on a longer flight vs. sitting in BA CE if it was a choice (which of course it's not, so this is all theoretical...).
But to each his own.