Originally Posted by flyrights
I could never understand the believe that "bulkhead" seats are so coveted and supposedly diserable... I think they are the WORST seats on the entire plane because:
1. in the middle section, you're likely to be seated around MULTIPLE babies hanging on the bulkhead wall, which is noisy, smelly, crowded, etc.
2. the armrests are usually used for the meal trays, so you can't lift them up.
3. the seat cushions are always a thinner different type, and sometimes they are as hard as a rock.
4. you are almost always right next to a busy toilet with people lining up.
5. You are almost always next to a busy galley where there is constant activity and talking.
6. Sometimes other passengers use the bulkhead row as an aisle to walk across, which is disturbing.
7. If you're on the side bulkhead seats, next to a door, people tend to congregate, stretch, talk there.
8. If you're on a side window bulkhead seat on some aircraft, like a 747, there is a big raft in the door, giving you very little room for your legs/feet.
9. If you're in the middle section, right behind a wall, sometimes that wall goes all the way down to the floor, which means you actually have LESS foot/leg space than a regular seat.
10. there is never any storage under a seat in front of you... I like to have my backpack handy and accessible.
11. you probably can't see the movie screen, or you have to look straight up in the air to see it.
I generally prefer bulkheads that offer extra legroom for just the reason, even if I have to live with all the things you posted above. Note that a lot of what you have typed includes "sometimes" "mostly" or "probably" and I usually don't have a problem with the movie screen, people walking in front of you (unless seated in J class) etc and I can usually get a bulkhead seat away from toilets / galleys.
Originally Posted by flyrights
12. Since the armrests won't go up, there is never any possibility of being able to lie down.
and lastly and most importantly:
13. Because these seats are so coveted, you can be SURE you will always have people sitting all around you.
If the plane is so empty that others can lie down, I think that you would be able to move somewhere else in order to be more comfortable. I have also flown when the bulkhead row has been full, but after takeoff many people move to emptier parts of the plane, leaving the bulkhead row almost empty
Cheers