Yeah... funny thing is, a few months ago we received a turkish or so airplane, it was so nice to see to THEY had removed the bar for pax feet, to let pilots check the main gear viewer without being a Houdini...
After a few days, our guys had changed that: the bar was put back in place, so one needs again to be a contorsionist to be able to see, and sometimes with one eye only for how difficult it is!!