Draughty AC doors ?!?
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Draughty AC doors ?!?
SLF here. Sorry if this is a dumb question, it keeps bugging me.
Various passenger seatmaps keep advising me that if I choose a seat near an aircraft door, I may benefit from extra legroom but the downside is 'it can get cold there'.
I don't understand the logic to this advice. Presumably AC doors don't suffer from draughtiness
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I often sit in 28J or 28B in BA WTP which is indeed right by doors 3 on a 747.
Although I have noticed wind noise is greater around the door, I can't say I found it any colder. What's it all about? Or is it just BS?
Various passenger seatmaps keep advising me that if I choose a seat near an aircraft door, I may benefit from extra legroom but the downside is 'it can get cold there'.
I don't understand the logic to this advice. Presumably AC doors don't suffer from draughtiness
. I often sit in 28J or 28B in BA WTP which is indeed right by doors 3 on a 747.
Although I have noticed wind noise is greater around the door, I can't say I found it any colder. What's it all about? Or is it just BS?
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definitely a fact - considerably less insulation in the door than in the adjacent sidewalls. I'm surprised you haven't suffered from cold feet when in an A or K seat position at an en exit row.
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You can actually get a draught as well dependant on the state of play with the door seal, remember all aircraft leak a little...
but as said above for the insulation......or lack off, remember the door frame reaches all the way to the outside skin.
but as said above for the insulation......or lack off, remember the door frame reaches all the way to the outside skin.
