Airliners-India.com Flickr Group & Facebook    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Backward seating... could be here soon!          Airliners-India.com Forum Index -> Civil Aviation View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message victor2alpha Member Joined: 08 Apr 2007 Posts: 120 Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 7:37 pm    Post subject: Backward seating... could be here soon! Found this on another forum.. Quote: Elbow wars over precious armrest space could become a thing of the past for flight passengers as airlines consider a new seating layout which would have some travellers facing the back of the plane. British company the Premium Aircraft Interiors Group (PAIG) has developed a "ying-yang" seating pattern in which neighbouring seats face in opposite directions. The new layout removes the need to leave a gap between seats for an armrest under the traditional shoulder-to-shoulder seating plan.. ..... <<more>>> .... http://www.theage.com.au/news/travel/more-room-for-passengers/2007/04/12/1175971222130.html and also http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/04/11/213199/picture-radical-seating-concept-to-be-launched-at-aircraft-interiors.html Thats just sick in my opinion.. _________________ victor2alpha Back to top G-BYGB Member Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 1813 Location: Bangalore/Delhi Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 8:01 pm    Post subject: IMO this type of seating will work well only on trains. _________________ www.flickr.com/G-BYGB photos Back to top malQ Member Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 713 Location: Delhi, India Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:08 pm    Post subject: Well, you already have something like this in the Club Class seats on BA, and things do get disconcerting having to look at the pax in the next seat all the time. Furthermore, the fun of looking out of the window is totally gone if you have to keep peering out in reverse. I would hate to travel on something like this, especially in the rear facing middle seat, even if it meant an increase in seat width. Now, however, if they placed a sleeper berth like on long-distance buses on top of the seat, then maybe, just maybe . . . . Back to top G-BYGB Member Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 1813 Location: Bangalore/Delhi Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:24 pm    Post subject: Won't the passengers sitting in the middle feel uncomfortable while taking off and landing? _________________ www.flickr.com/G-BYGB photos Back to top victor2alpha Member Joined: 08 Apr 2007 Posts: 120 Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:51 pm    Post subject: G-BYGB wrote: Won't the passengers sitting in the middle feel uncomfortable while taking off and landing? The airhostess do it everyday.. all the time! Just that they dont sit that way thru out the flight I'd feel pukish that way!! May be the could offer those seats for cheap.. lol.. _________________ victor2alpha Back to top flyindia Member Joined: 28 Mar 2007 Posts: 38 Location: Austria Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:00 pm    Post subject: well who likes to sit in the middle. but these seats really look uncomfortable. imagine sitting 9 hours on that seat, watching those 2 persons right opposite you. Back to top HAWK21M Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 8132 Location: Mumbai, INDIA Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:02 pm    Post subject: Looks too close for comfort.Watching someone staring at the other regds MEL _________________ Think of the Brighter side !!! Back to top victor2alpha Member Joined: 08 Apr 2007 Posts: 120 Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:08 pm    Post subject: There was something about being standing instead of sitting sometime back! http://www.thisistravel.co.uk/travel/news/Stand-up-andfastenyourseatbelts_article.html?in_article_id=46426&in_page_id=1 With things like these I lose interest in travel _________________ victor2alpha Back to top sammyk Member Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 2719 Location: Austin, TX Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:44 pm    Post subject: G-BYGB wrote: Won't the passengers sitting in the middle feel uncomfortable while taking off and landing? Southwest Airlines used to have some rear facing passenger seats. Not sure if they still do. Back to top victor2alpha Member Joined: 08 Apr 2007 Posts: 120 Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:00 pm    Post subject: Not any more! Had them.. _________________ victor2alpha Back to top HamiltonAir Member Joined: 25 Dec 2006 Posts: 937 Location: Bangalore Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 1:27 am    Post subject: I would puke for sure with that kinda seating arrangment. _________________ HamiltonAir Back to top stealthpilot Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 2325 Location: BLR, DXB Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 8:34 am    Post subject: For me personally 90% of the problem would be the possibility of staring someone else in the face. It would feel a bit weird during the cruise/descent but shouldn’t be anything unusual during cruise (it's not a train) I always wanted to fly BA club class and sit backwards; too bad they are taking those out. _________________ eP007 Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         Airliners-India.com Forum Index -> Civil Aviation All times are GMT + 5.5 Hours Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum New Members----------------Sign-up Guidelines Airliners-India----------------Civil AviationNon AviationTrip ReportsMilitary Aviation & SpaceInternationalAviation Polls & PreferenceTech/OpsAviation PhotographyEditorial/Analysis/ArticlesAviation HobbyAviation LawAviation Questions & CareersSite Related Flickr Group----------------Photo of the Month My Message Board----------------Pin Up  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © phpBB Group. 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