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Seat Pitch On US And WN

USAFHummer From United States of America, joined May 2000, 10685 posts, RR: 54
Posted (11 years 8 months 3 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 1093 times:

Hi all,

What are the economy class seat pitches on USAirways and Southwest?

Thanks,
Greg

Chief A.net college football stadium self-pic guru

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FlyCMH From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 2260 posts, RR: 11
Reply 1, posted (11 years 8 months 3 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 1080 times:

Seat pitch for USAirways is 31" or 32", depending on the aircraft you're on. For more specifics, you can log on to http://www.usairways.com for information on the seat pitch for each aircraft in their fleet.

TxAgKuwait From United States of America, joined Aug 1999, 1803 posts, RR: 48
Reply 2, posted (11 years 8 months 3 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 1071 times:

Correct me if I am wrong, but I "think" that on Southwest the minimum seat pitch is 32". It can be a bit more on an emergency exit row.

D L X From United States of America, joined May 1999, 10561 posts, RR: 53
Reply 3, posted (11 years 8 months 3 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 1040 times:

This stolen from the Southwest website:

Model	Maximum Capacity	Southwest Capacity	Average Pitch
737-700	149	137	33.25
737-500	132	122	32.57
737-300	149	137	32.36
737-200	132	122	32

All I can say is DAMN! That's seat pitch that is much better than on most major airlines.

Jahckass From United States of America, joined Aug 2001, 143 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (11 years 8 months 3 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 1025 times:

How do they compute the seat pitch for the seats facing each other?
I always feel REAL cramped on WN, but I flew on US this summer and was comforable, go figure.
Of course neither was as comfy as AA.

USAFHummer From United States of America, joined May 2000, 10685 posts, RR: 54
Reply 5, posted (11 years 8 months 3 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 1011 times:

Ok thank you all.

Greg

Chief A.net college football stadium self-pic guru

Airbus380 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 6, posted (11 years 8 months 3 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 1009 times:

Try to get bulkhead on WN. They are leather seats and much better than normal ones.

Goingboeing From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 4875 posts, RR: 19
Reply 7, posted (11 years 8 months 3 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 1000 times:

Perhaps you were having to fly WN against your will, Jahckass. After all, "cattle car" implies cramped seating, so in your mind you were prepared to be cramped. You had an assigned seat on US, so your mind told you it was more comfy. Don't worry yourself about the club seats - they're being phased out. I prefered them (I'm 6'4") as they seemed to give me more legroom. Exit rows on a 700 are almost like FC pitch.

FWIW - as it has been shown, the worst pitch on WN planes is 32 - which on the 200's. Other seats are 32.5 to 33.25. US has a pitch of about 31 inches (about 32 on Airbus planes)

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