Newsgroups: sci.aeronautics.airliners Path: news From: drinkard@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Terrell D. Drinkard) Subject: Re: The Sporty Game -- Boeing 757 X-Submission-Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1992 02:27:00 GMT References: Message-ID: Approved: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM Organization: Boeing Sender: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM X-Submission-Message-Id: Date: 03 Dec 92 00:40:14 PST In article cyberoid@stein.u.washington.edu (Robert Jacobson) writes: > >As a frequent air traveler, I find the 757 to be positively the most >uncomfortable aircraft now flying. One can begin with the ubiquitous >TV monitors hanging from the ceilings every few rows, which cannot be >dimmed or turned off even on a red-eye, and progress to the remarkable >number of seats that can be squeezed into row upon row of stifled >passengers. It may be a technical feat, but I know instruct my travel >agent to pass on any flight requiring me to take a 757. Yeck. I hasten to point out that it is no fault of the airplane, or of the manufacturer for that matter, that you have been overcrowded. The interior of the airplane is determined by the operator. All the interiors. Interiors, sometimes called 'payloads', fall in the category of 'BFE', or Buyer Furnished Equipment. That means that when Delta stuffs 38 rows (or whatever the precise number happens to be) into a 757, you get a 30" seat pitch (or a 29" or a 28"!). Don't blame the manufacturer or the airplane. As another illustration, take a look at American's 727-200s. Originally designed as a 150+ seat transport, they use it as a 129 seater. Nice 34" seat pitch over almost the entire airplane (the first class has it even better). But the American ticket typically costs more. You pays your money and you takes your pick. -- Terry drinkard@bcstec.boeing.com "Anyone who thinks they can hold the company responsible for what I say has more lawyers than sense."