Failed Unit
Established Member
Well with regards to the seats they could always put the 3+2 seating in from the Class 313s and reuse them in the Class 717s... Save money etc...
Seriously though, nothing wrong with the seats as being 2+2 and having much more standing room the new Class 717s are a worthwhile replacement for the dinosaurs that are Class 313s.
I don’t think people mind about 2+2 seating. Just the design in the 7xx people hate. If they had decent padding no-one would mind. Hence why people like the 365s better. (Or rush to the declassified first on the 700s) But we have done this to death. Yes personal preference but the seats in the 387, 700 and 717s in many people’s views are too hard. The latest Orr surveys has see the views on seat comfort significantly decline on GN compared to 1 year ago.