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One thing that stands out in TFA is the photo of the cabin mock-up: https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ijEVXdL5LsCY/v0/-1x-1.jpg https://assets.b
by nlh 6y ago
One thing that stands out in TFA is the photo of the cabin mock-up:
https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ijEVXdL5LsCY/v0/-1x-1.jpg https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ijEVXdL5LsC...
What's the biggest difference? No overhead bins! It looks positively roomy in there.
I wonder if the overhead bin model is really the best one -- it feels like a huge bottleneck. Reduces headspace, slows down load in and load out dramatically since it essentially requires that every passenger be able to military press a 20lb+ weight (or have someone else do it).
I'm not sure what a better plan would be though :) Maybe raise the cabin slightly and have the bins be built into the floors below each seat?
- ldng 6y agoHum, expert in here will correct me if I'm wrong, but, beside the bins, over the years, version after version, I feel that airframes actually slowly shrunk.
- steffan 6y agoYou might feel that way, but that isn't correct. Over the years, the airlines _have_ reduced seat pitch, and as you can see from the 747 illustration, added an additional seat in the middle section as well.
- mjg59 6y agoThe layout in the picture seems to be 3-4-3, which pretty typical for 747s - I don't think anyone does 3-5-3.
- HanShotFirst 6y agoI recently (a few years ago) flew transatlantic on a 3-5-3 747 (Delta).
- dlgeek 6y agoI did a quick look through every 747 layout listed at https://www.seatguru.com/charts/longhaul_economy.php https://www.seatguru.com/charts/longhaul_economy.php I don't see any 3-5-3s - everyone was a 3-4-3. If anyone was doing it, they've since retired the plane/layout.
- mjg59 6y agoIn recent history, Delta only flew 747s between 2009 and 2018 (they were originally Northwest planes, acquired in the merger). I can't find any evidence that any of them ever had 3-5-3 seating.
- ldng 6y agoThat is why I used the verb feel. Now, at least in short-medium range Airbus, my sore ass really believe that more than the pitch has been reduced ! ;-)
- gte525u 6y agoThe original 747-100's engines were underpowered. That's whey there's extra space for the lounge and more space. As engine technology caught up the aircraft seating increased density.
- megablast 6y agoPeople sit on their seats. What the point if removing that storage so something seems roomier?