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Old 22nd May 2005, 18:13
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It's probably the most unpopular a/c in BA at the moment too -

BA's Future size and shape machine went into overdrive on 'development' , mmm , of this aircraft.

Reason being , they have squashed the 'y' passengers into a 31' seat pitch on these thin seats meaning they can install even more seats.

This means that any flight over 70/80% full is a handabaggage nightmare as we longer no have the resources at the gate to stop people coming on with 2-4 pieces which now seems to be the norm

There are also (maddeningly) no useable wardrobes (whereas the equivalent 757 has 5.

The crew are squashed right into the window at door 3 and cannot stand up at all there as there are seats are squashed all around them - you face is also about 10cm from the next passenger - nice if they have a cold/flu/b.o.
you are supposed to stand there for boarding, but it is impossible as there is no space except the aisle( the ceiling is lower over doors 3 for the power assist bottles in the hatrack.

There is only a crew complement of 5 on most flights , you are hard pushed with 33 rows of never ending undivided cabin.

The best place to work is club which is capped at 49 (757 can go up to 134 so this may bite BA in the @ss one day).

It also rides badly in turbulence.

I think crew prefered the 737-200 over this
Shame,it could have been a nice plane, but crew dread working on it if it is full , and passengers feel really squashed in 'down the back'
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