Back of Mooney vs. Delta

[Robert M. Gary]

As I rode from Sacramento to Atlanta on Delta this morning I couldn't
help noticed that the back seats of my Mooney offer more leg room and
slighly more shoulder room than the seats on Delta. The seat in front
of my probably still has dents from where my knees where firmly pressed
this morning.

-Robert

[John Doe]

Maybe that's why Delta is in Chapter 11.


"Robert M. Gary" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> As I rode from Sacramento to Atlanta on Delta this morning I couldn't
> help noticed that the back seats of my Mooney offer more leg room and
> slighly more shoulder room than the seats on Delta. The seat in front
> of my probably still has dents from where my knees where firmly pressed
> this morning.
>
> -Robert
>

[Jim Macklin]

Airlines set seat pitch to get as many seats with paying
passengers as possible. Mooney sets the seat pitch to sell
airplanes. If you're tall or fat, you're going to be
uncomfortable unless you buy a 1st Class seat or maybe
business class.


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"Robert M. Gary" > wrote in message
ups.com...
| As I rode from Sacramento to Atlanta on Delta this morning
I couldn't
| help noticed that the back seats of my Mooney offer more
leg room and
| slighly more shoulder room than the seats on Delta. The
seat in front
| of my probably still has dents from where my knees where
firmly pressed
| this morning.
|
| -Robert
|

[Jon Kraus]

Before buying 43H I rode in the back of it and had plenty of room (from
the pre-buy). Yesterday I took up a mom and 2 kids for their first
"little plane" ride. She sat in the back and I asked her later if she
had enough room back there. She said thet she was suprised at how much
leg room there was.

Now this is in a "J" model Mooney that has 10 inches added to it from
"short body" ones. I am unsure how the legroom is in those...

Jon Kraus
'79 Mooney 201
4443H @ TYQ


Robert M. Gary wrote:

> As I rode from Sacramento to Atlanta on Delta this morning I couldn't
> help noticed that the back seats of my Mooney offer more leg room and
> slighly more shoulder room than the seats on Delta. The seat in front
> of my probably still has dents from where my knees where firmly pressed
> this morning.
>
> -Robert
>

[John Doe]

"Jon Kraus" > wrote in message
...
> Before buying 43H I rode in the back of it and had plenty of room (from
> the pre-buy). Yesterday I took up a mom and 2 kids for their first "little
> plane" ride. She sat in the back and I asked her later if she had enough
> room back there. She said thet she was suprised at how much leg room there
> was.
>
> Now this is in a "J" model Mooney that has 10 inches added to it from
> "short body" ones. I am unsure how the legroom is in those...

As long as you're 10 inches shorter, it's about the same.

I had a '65 M20E and you pretty much had to sit sideways. I'd like to see
one of these stretch models now seeing how I haven't flown a Mooney since I
sold that one.

[AES]

In article <eqP7g.18249$ZW3.17008@dukeread04>,
"Jim Macklin" > wrote:

> Airlines set seat pitch to get as many seats with paying
> passengers as possible.

And the fact that they can do this is, at the core, a straightforward
result of technology or, if you like, of the laws of physics, is that
not so?

That is, the engineering fact is that a commercial airliner of a given
size or volume or capital cost or operating cost can readily lift and
carry to a destination substantially more weight than is produced by the
number of passengers that can be crammed into the cabin under standard
cabin designs.

So, that's what they do (and what a majority of potential passengers --
or their employers -- are willing to pay for). Not defending this --
just saying, it's the physical reality of the situation.

So, if a given aircraft can economically and safely transport a given
weight of human flesh, the only ways to achieve more passenger comfort
would seem to be some kind of innovative cabin redesign that gives more
space (or at least seemingly more space) per passenger, such as maybe
some kind of staggered "over and under" seating (as found on some
European trains); or else finding some kind of very dense, heavy, but
high-value cargo that the airlines could also transport in the hold.

[Denny]

As I rode from Sacramento to Atlanta on Delta this morning I couldn't
help noticed that the back seats of my Mooney offer more leg room and
slighly more shoulder room than the seats on Delta.
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Yeah, but isn't it hard to fly from back there?

denny