The arm rests at the back are slowly sinking
Hi Air Folks,
Newby alert, as far as this forum is concerned, been lurking awhile and I guess that my impression so far is that most of the stuff posted is inhouse talk, BUT that I may get a fair hearing from the day to day pro's
I'm posting as a disgruntled rear ender.
I've flown 4 times in the past month on an Airbus 340/500 in the Southern Hemisphere. I had trouble resting my arms on the arm rests. It's become a contradiction in terms. I'm average height, 5' 11" but couldn't reach down to the armrests in a normal seated position. I Had to use pillows to rest my arms on the armrests.
Another thing is the "Seat in Front Back in the Face" thingy, yeah I'm being a bit flippant but I'm sure that cabin crew have to deal with this ever and anon. I'm not sure how much thought is put into this issue for CC but I know that you'all end up trying to separate passengers on a regular basis.
My personal view is that the seats should be fixed forward and not reclinable. If the joker in front of me puts his seat back it means I can't see the PTV, I can't read and worst of all, even though we all know the theory, I feel a major intrusion to "my space". Yup, that's the bubble we all carry around to protect us from being "intruded" upon. This anonymous person IN FRONT of me is in my face, in my space. I'll call you for assistance and if it's not forthcoming I'll do as I did in the 5th hour of a 20 hour flight, grab the seat and push the whole thing forward outa my face. Well of course "She" got hustled off to Business and all I got was dirty looks for the rest of the flight.
Got a few more things that niggle but I'll hold off to see the reaction to this.
Thanks
Lek