What's the Worst Seat on a Delta Plane?
Sep 18, 2011, 8:47 am
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Sep 18, 2011, 9:26 am
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Interesting question. I would say it depends on the route. I would take last seat in an MD for 1.5 hours over the middle seat in the middle section of a 747 for 11 hours any day.
Sep 18, 2011, 9:27 am
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SF3 Seat 11B. Been in that seat on a full plane out of Tri-Cities. Not fun. No recline. No tray table. Nowhere to put anything in front of you. And you get to explain to passenger after passenger that there is no bathroom, all the while hoping none of them follow through on the threat of not being able to make it all the way until we land.
Sep 18, 2011, 9:56 am
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SF3 Seat 11B. Been in that seat on a full plane out of Tri-Cities. Not fun. No recline. No tray table. Nowhere to put anything in front of you. And you get to explain to passenger after passenger that there is no bathroom, all the while hoping none of them follow through on the threat of not being able to make it all the way until we land.
Sep 18, 2011, 10:28 am
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Te each his own. To me, it's one of only two middle seats on the plane, and I don't like feeling so exposed. I'd rather have an A seat in rows 1-10.
Sep 18, 2011, 11:15 am
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Does It Have to be on DL?
If we can open up the "field" to other airlines, my vote goes to the infamous "stink shield" seat that is one of the unique benefits of Continental's 738.
Although 29D is an aisle seat, the row has a window, and there is no engine nearby, it also happens to be across a 30" aisle from one of the two lavatories provided for up to 144 passengers on CO's 738.
Please keep in mind that CO strictly enforces the rule that forbids Y pax from using the FC lav.
The bottom line? After a few hours of this you're basically sitting 30 inches away from an open sewer...sometimes the user of the lav graciously even forgets to close the door after usage. Ouch.
DL does operate a few a/c with some seats adjacent to lavs, but on these planes, the door opens on a different wall, so at least there is some reprieve from the direct constant funk.
The stink shield reference comes from this notorious incident:
(N.B.: The letter writer apparently got the seat wrong, and identified it as 29E, but it's definitely worth the read)
http://www.gadling.com/2007/06/28/hi...ine-complaint/
Although 29D is an aisle seat, the row has a window, and there is no engine nearby, it also happens to be across a 30" aisle from one of the two lavatories provided for up to 144 passengers on CO's 738.
Please keep in mind that CO strictly enforces the rule that forbids Y pax from using the FC lav.
The bottom line? After a few hours of this you're basically sitting 30 inches away from an open sewer...sometimes the user of the lav graciously even forgets to close the door after usage. Ouch.
DL does operate a few a/c with some seats adjacent to lavs, but on these planes, the door opens on a different wall, so at least there is some reprieve from the direct constant funk.
The stink shield reference comes from this notorious incident:
(N.B.: The letter writer apparently got the seat wrong, and identified it as 29E, but it's definitely worth the read)
http://www.gadling.com/2007/06/28/hi...ine-complaint/
Sep 18, 2011, 11:27 am
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Sep 18, 2011, 12:59 pm
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+1 for hating back seats, I SDCed to a earlier flight earlier this year (totally forgetting which route) but it was only about a hour flight, got stuck back seat in a CRJ, worst hour of my life!
The rest is just picking at nits...
Sep 18, 2011, 2:59 pm
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D or F seats are just as bad as the middle E seat IMO. I had seat F ORD-DEN once and it sucked. I just found out UA/CO is changing from a CO 764 to a UA domestic 2-5-2 772 that I fly on my annual HNL-GUM trip. I'm gonna have to get the boss to spring for E+ and hope for a B or H seat.