andyc,

Welcome to FT!

The Mesaba AVRO RJ85's have the most comfortable seats and best seat pitch in the entire Northwest fleet.

Check out this link:

http://www.seatguru.com/northwest/ARJ.shtml

You can also look at the other Northwest a/c and see the best/worst seats. Next time you call reservations have this website on your PC and you can avoid the non-reclining/least comfortable seats.

RC