Friday, June 6, 2025
On the plane from L.A. to London. While the Airbus A380 is a magnificent two-level beast, British Airways has managed to come up with the worst seating setup in the history of aviation. (Google some traveler forums - “A380 British Airways business class seating” - if you think I’m exaggerating). Configuration is 2-3-2, but all seats alternate backward-facing and forward-facing, i.e., if you’re on a window you face backward, staring straight at the aisle-seat-person next to you, three feet away, who is facing frontward. At least until 15-20 minutes after takeoff, when you can mercifully raise a privacy partition between the two of you. And, if you’re in a window seat you have to step over the legs of the person next to you, to get to the aisle. So, *everyone* has to either step over someone’s legs, or have theirs stepped over, to get to the aisle. Beyond human comprehension how they actually believed that this would be comfortable and liked. I do have to say, however, that the extremely narrow seating was *long* enough that I could stretch out completely, 100% - pretty much the first time I’ve been able to experience that.
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