https://retrakker.antville.org/ just follow the darkgreen trail en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:03:50 GMT 2026-04-12T23:03:50Z en https://retrakker.antville.org/stories/1932667/ <p>Well, I was forced to be mostly on OneWorld for the recent long trip, flying all long haul (10h+) parts with Cathay. Yikes, the seats in economy!</p><p>Good:</p><ul><li>no recline wars, though I rarely feel invaded, except I need to prepare a few slides last minute</li><li>power plug in each seat</li><li>the in-seat video screen is the best I seen so far</li></ul><p>Bad:</p><ul><li>no real recline, the slider just parameterizes where it hurts your back</li><li>very thin padding, after 4hours it hurts</li><li>the airbag in the seatbelt is awkward and honestly did somebody check its effectiveness?</li><li>the Windows CE backend for the the IFE is just horrifyingly slow</li><li>the seats are horrifyingly ugly - that has nothing to do with taste, they are just ugly</li></ul><p><a href="http://www.airlinequality.com/Product/Yseat-CX.htm">I guess I am not alone with my opinion</a></p><p>Btw. the new Space+ layout in Air New Zealand 737s is great.</p> Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:32:50 GMT https://retrakker.antville.org/stories/1932667/ retrakker 2009-09-20T23:32:50Z