Live 787 Unveiling
Aug 2, 2012, 4:06 pm
#47
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What I can't believe is that JAL went with 42J/144Y (8 across) for a total of just 186 seats. That just goes against every other airline's quest for higher seating density.
Aug 2, 2012, 4:13 pm
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Video tour of 787 interior
Aug 2, 2012, 4:24 pm
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Aug 2, 2012, 4:33 pm
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I know there was no plan for new business seats, but when I saw the BF seats, I just felt like they could've done something different. Maybe I'm spoiled from flying in C before, but its the same seat and there's nothing new or innovative to go along with such a new plane.
Aug 2, 2012, 4:34 pm
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219 total seats. Yuck. My guess is that AA outdoes UA with innovative 10 across seats on its 787s in a few years.
What I can't believe is that JAL went with 42J/144Y (8 across) for a total of just 186 seats. That just goes against every other airline's quest for higher seating density.
What I can't believe is that JAL went with 42J/144Y (8 across) for a total of just 186 seats. That just goes against every other airline's quest for higher seating density.
Aug 2, 2012, 4:45 pm
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Aug 2, 2012, 4:54 pm
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Aug 2, 2012, 4:56 pm
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I can starve myself and narrow my waist and hips, but how do I shrink my width at my shoulders? That's where my issue has always been in 3 across economy seating. That's why I value 2-5-2; the pairs are much more comfortable for me.
Aug 2, 2012, 5:01 pm
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Aug 2, 2012, 5:06 pm
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Aug 2, 2012, 5:35 pm
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Aug 2, 2012, 5:41 pm
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Good points:
1. 36" seat pitch in Y+ is nice, so at least they're not skimping on that.
Bad points:
1. Ugh, nine-abreast, as everyone has already said. The 17" seat width is the same as the 747 so it's nothing new, but those aisles are narrower. On the upside an extra 2" of seat pitch vs the 747 will probably make Y+ an improvement, especially if you can manage to get an empty seat next to you.
2. Those screens look pretty small by today's standards.
3. Total failure of imagination and design. Why would you buy the fanciest highest-tech shiniest plane in the world and fill it with those early-90s blue-on-blue check seats? Why not buy Buckingham Palace and fill it with pictures of dogs playing poker?
1. 36" seat pitch in Y+ is nice, so at least they're not skimping on that.
Bad points:
1. Ugh, nine-abreast, as everyone has already said. The 17" seat width is the same as the 747 so it's nothing new, but those aisles are narrower. On the upside an extra 2" of seat pitch vs the 747 will probably make Y+ an improvement, especially if you can manage to get an empty seat next to you.
2. Those screens look pretty small by today's standards.
3. Total failure of imagination and design. Why would you buy the fanciest highest-tech shiniest plane in the world and fill it with those early-90s blue-on-blue check seats? Why not buy Buckingham Palace and fill it with pictures of dogs playing poker?