B787 CM1 seat limited recline
Hello everyone flying B787s!
Basic question, how do you feel about boeing limiting the reclination of CM1 seat? apparently its due to the interference of the decompression door panel with the captains head is such event. Basically if the panel releases and the captain is too far reclined it can hit his head.Well, a diagram of how to advoid this its been in the manual forever, basically dont recline/back the seat beyond a certain point and there will be no conflict. I am 190cm tall and with full reclining and watching the limits, I am still able to recline the seat fully backward and adovid the "danger zone"
Well apparently this is not enough for boeing lawyers and forced the engineers to lock the seat to a state where its impossible to rest at all. your back its almost fully right angled. To me, this is a totally lack of thrust to pilots, we can handle engine fire switches but not the seat. Power naps ara paramount to the safety of medium/long night flights. It's the base of a proper managed threats that occur every single flight.
Anyone has more info on this issue and if boeing offers other solutions to airlines apart from locking the seat?