Originally Posted by DataPlumber
I believe the angle the photo was taken at is causing much of the deception. If I look at this photo of CX J,
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0735602/M/ , it also appears cramped. Now, I have spent enough time in CX J to know I am comfortable enough to get decent nights sleep in their seats. There are others here who apparently have the gift of being able to judge comfort based on a single, one dimensional photo. I will have to wait and see how the AA seat is after spending some time BIS. I do, however, HATE the large eagle on the inside of the shell. To me it looks very tacky.
Yeah, that looks cramped too. No idea if they really are cramped. I think the difference between that seat and the new AA one is the foot rest. It seems to come higher on the CX seat, thereby making it more "flat". This assumes the AA one pictured had the foot rest 100% raised, which it seems it did.