Originally Posted by
WHBM
Just to be specific, a key mod the UK CAA required, the insertion of an extra door in the fuselage, was not a 727 issue per-se, but was because of the high seat count Dan-Air was going to put into them -
I wonder Channel Airways never got hit with the same when they put the 4+3 across seating into the Trident.
The Channel Tridents had four Type 1 doors with slides, and four over wing exits, and at 139 seats, did not exceed 149 pax which I think was, and still is an important exit number cut off.
I think the Trident One E-140 was allowed up to a max of 149 pax>?
(One more door than a Trident 2)
The Trident 3B, stretched for up to 180 seats, had five doors, including now one door placed aft, however just two, but larger over wing exits.
BEA/BA deactivated the mid cabin service door -
but it was there.
They were up to > 140Y.
Later BA Shuttle a/c were 146Y
The 727-100 had only two Type 1 doors and four over wing exits - 131-134 pax was the norm for them. (They had the rear air stairs too but this was not a main exit?)