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Worst seats...

ukbill

2013-01-29 12:52:23

There are no 'best' or 'worst' seats onboard aircraft

Darrens advice on this site is always excellent and very welcome.
However, one disagreement.
Following my flight to Cancun on one of the Ex-FCA 767s last month, I DO believe there is definately a "worst" seat row.
Row 19 - just in front of the emergency exit on these planes does NOT recline. However row 18 in front of you DOES recline.
So if you get one of the "inconsiderate recliner" passengers in front of you who zonks their seat fully back at takeoff and keeps it there till landing, you have virtually no personal space, the headrest in front of you and the persons hair in your face, and a personal video screen you can hardly watch.
Surely nobody could suggest this is pleasant for nearly 11 hours!
So I recommend everyone AVOID row 19 on Ex-FCA 767's.

doe

2013-01-29 13:03:37

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Great advice UKBill, the only way I can cope if the seat in front of me reclines is by reclining my own. Although I would normally never recline of my own volition.

wendywu

2013-01-29 14:14:36

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I have posted this fact before on this forum about exit seats. When there are two rows of exit seats the front row of the two will not reline. As you cannot recline back into an emergency exit this may hamper an escape route.

I found this out when I got this type of seat on a flight to main land Greece

Qman

2013-01-30 16:44:01

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That's the good thing about Ryanair, the seats do not recline.

Jay Trip

2013-01-30 18:35:16

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The seats in Row 11 on Thomas Cook Boeing 757 are also terrible.
They are in front of the exit and do not recline but the leg room is a joke.
I am 5ft 10ins and had to sit sideways on a TC flight last month.
Luckily we had the 3 seats between the 2 of us but I couldnt have done that if there had been another passenger seated beside us.
The girl in front of me decided to recline her seat but I pushed it forward and told her it was resting on my knees! She did put her seat upright but if she hadnt I would have had to move.
I wouldnt hesitate to do the same if the seat was reclined and resting on my knees :really

pat

2013-01-30 20:53:24

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On our return trip from Aruba 3 years ago, my son, husband and myself were seated in the last middle row in Premium. Whilst these seats only had partical recline a young girl sitting in front of my husband had her seat fully reclined for nearly all the duration of the flight. During dinner she made no attempt to put her seat back up until the cabin crew asked her to do so!

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