BA transAtlantic Business Class
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BA transAtlantic Business Class
Hi all !
I will be crossing the Atlantic with BA for the first time in C class. Just heard they have flat bed configurations and that the seats face each other by two. This raises a couple of questions before I make my seat reservations :
Is it true that one of the seats faces backwards ? That must be disturbing...
Does this mean that you spend eight hours looking at the passenger next to you (since you are facing each other) ?
Thanks for your answers and good landings,
L
I will be crossing the Atlantic with BA for the first time in C class. Just heard they have flat bed configurations and that the seats face each other by two. This raises a couple of questions before I make my seat reservations :
Is it true that one of the seats faces backwards ? That must be disturbing...
Does this mean that you spend eight hours looking at the passenger next to you (since you are facing each other) ?
Thanks for your answers and good landings,
L
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Having flown BA in Club transatlantic, I can assure you that facing backwards is not in the least disturbing, and that you are well taken care of.
There is a folding screen between you and the pax beside you, which is lowered for t/o and landing
There is a folding screen between you and the pax beside you, which is lowered for t/o and landing
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The seats are paired; one of each pair faces backwards. All aisle seats face forward, IIRC.
Apart from initial climb and some points in the descent, you will hardly notice that a backward-facing seat's any different from normal. Some people find them more comfortable because (allegedly) of the slope of the aircraft in normal flight (which I had thought was already allowed for in the seat design).
You can theoretically watch the face of the pax sitting opposite you in the pair for the entire flight. However, each pair of seats has a fan-shaped privacy screen between them so you don't have to unless you want to. The screens can stay up for take off and landing; on the rare occasions when I've been treated to NCW I usually haven't seen the face of my opposite number until getting up to disembark.
In the centre block of a 2-4-2, the two middle seats both face backwards and are next to each other. There is no privacy screen between you here. Good for couples.
Apart from initial climb and some points in the descent, you will hardly notice that a backward-facing seat's any different from normal. Some people find them more comfortable because (allegedly) of the slope of the aircraft in normal flight (which I had thought was already allowed for in the seat design).
You can theoretically watch the face of the pax sitting opposite you in the pair for the entire flight. However, each pair of seats has a fan-shaped privacy screen between them so you don't have to unless you want to. The screens can stay up for take off and landing; on the rare occasions when I've been treated to NCW I usually haven't seen the face of my opposite number until getting up to disembark.
In the centre block of a 2-4-2, the two middle seats both face backwards and are next to each other. There is no privacy screen between you here. Good for couples.
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Thank you, Globaliser and MarkD for your swift and informative replies.
Just goes to show that this is definitely the best aviation-related forum !
Good landings,
L
Just goes to show that this is definitely the best aviation-related forum !
Good landings,
L
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Not to mention that, in the event of a RTO or similar fast stop, you will be more comfortable in the rear-ward facing seats.
Some tests in the 1970s and at other times, have shown that this is safer. IIRC, all military people transports (VC-10 etc) are configured with rear-ward facing seats. I have travelled in such seats and found it as normal as sitting on a train to travel backwards.
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Some tests in the 1970s and at other times, have shown that this is safer. IIRC, all military people transports (VC-10 etc) are configured with rear-ward facing seats. I have travelled in such seats and found it as normal as sitting on a train to travel backwards.
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