Flying Transatlantic with Monarch...

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I have a lot of customers who use Monarch. Never heard one complaint in ten years.

[Viperzs]

el stovey said:

The standard seat pitch on trans Atlantic long-haul flights

Air New Zealand 31-35 inches
Emirates 31-34 inches
Thomson -33 inches
First Choice - 33 inches
Thomas Cook - 33 inches
Lufthansa 31-32 inches
Aer Lingus - 32 inches
United 31-32 inches
Monarch - 31 inches
BA - 31 inches
Virgin Atlantic - 31 inches

Monarch near the bottom the same as BA and Virgin. I expect the seats are narrower though.

http://www.seatplans.com/airlines

I have never understood why people mention seat pitch when comparing airlines. I care a lot more about leg room in an Economy seat!

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Viperzs said:

I have never understood why people mention seat pitch when comparing airlines. I care a lot more about leg room in an Economy seat!

What do you think 'seat pitch' is?

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Deva Link said:

What do you think 'seat pitch' is?

Awesome, I was wrong. For some reason I always thought seat pitch referred to the angle the seat would recline to. My assumption was based on the logic of how a plane pitches.

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Viperzs said:

Awesome, I was wrong. For some reason I always thought seat pitch referred to the angle the seat would recline to. My assumption was based on the logic of how a plane pitches.

Blimey - I'd never have guessed you were thinking that, I assumed you thought it meant width (for which those figures would be awesome!).

The pitch will more correctly give you the amount of space for your knees, rather than leg room per se.

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Deva Link said:

Blimey - I'd never have guessed you were thinking that, I assumed you thought it meant width (for which those figures would be awesome!).

The pitch will more correctly give you the amount of space for your knees, rather than leg room per se.

How is that a surprise though? It seems illogical to me to use the word pitch to describe the legroom when the pitch of an aircraft refers to its angle, so surely seat pitch would be the angle of recline?

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I'm not sure if you're being serious, so I'll leave it there.