Originally Posted by
Guy Betsy
I just flew AY on the A340-300 from HEL to HKG.
Looking at the general heights of Finns, I doubt Finnair took that into consideration when choosing seat pitches for their economy class seats. I was horrified to see that the seat pitch on the 343 is tighter than the MD11. I'm only 6' tall and I was pressing against the seat in front of me. Good thing the flight was empty, so I had an extra seat and could stretch out a little. Not much.
Finnair calls this enviromentally friendly corporate policy. Translated into non-Orwellian language that means seat pitch was tightened both on short-and longhaul aircraft. The only respite are the MD11's and AB319's where the older seats and pitch remain.
MD11 "good seats" are row 21 aisles and 22H. Personnally I don't like any seat in the back cabin including the exit row as I need to be out of the plane relatively quickly.