<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by LAOCA:
Actually, the old First Class was 60" just like BE, not 55". The recline was to 15 degrees. However, the foot rests came up quite a bit higher making it much easier to sleep. At least for me.
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Hate to disagree, but I'm certain that the old pitch was 55". You are correct that the leg rests came up more, and were better padded.