Originally Posted by
Config3flap
The Boeing seats are surprisingly very uncomfortable as is and they are only making it unbearable.
The Yanks are big guys, especially on the wide body, this aircraft was designed by the same country as the La-Z boys and this is really the best they could come up with!
I used to fly the Airbus before and only since I started flying the 787, I have had severe back and neck pain. The pain management doctor I had to see for my back, used to work in Dubai before, Apparently this is a common complain with the 777 guys at Emirates too.
I started flying the Airbus recently, having flown Boeings (including the 777) for 20-odd years previously. I didn't realise just how much of a difference the Airbus seat (combined with the freedom to move your legs around due no yoke) would make to my health. I'm like a new man. I never hurt on a flight, or in-between flights, and I still feel fresh even after a long duty. I wish I'd made the switch a lot earlier and not put my musculo-skeletal structure through such abuse, especially on long-haul flights.
Boeing are essentially seating you in the same seat they designed in the 1950s for the 707. Unbelievable. Imagine a modern-day haulage driver having to put up with a 1950's truck seat for 16 hours, transporting goods on the road?