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MG MGA - Leg Room

My wife and I just returned for a quick trip to Baltimore to visit our son and grand son (sorry for not contacting you Paul, but it was a very quick trip). An interesting fact that we learned while flying both ways - the average MG (including T series, MGA, MGB and midget) has considerably more leg room than is found on 737s, 757s, or A320s. Anyone taller than about 5' 0", has their knees right up to their chins. Next time, we'll take the MGB! Cheers - Dave
David DuBois

The back seat of an MGB-GT has more legroom than a typical jetliner!
David Breneman

You've got that right David. Cheers - Dave
David DuBois

FYI - the seat pitch (distance between seats foward / aft) on any commercial airliner is chosen / decided by the airline and is not a function of the design / make of the actual airplane. So if you are not pleased with your lack of leg room on your next flight PLEASE DO complain to the airline, as they can adjust the seat pitch. Increasing the pitch is not in their favour however, as this could result in less seats = less revenue !

John
J Harle

John - You are absolutely correct on both counts and it is the airlines that I have the problem with. Up until a few years ago the pitch was tolerable, but they have reduced it in an effort to increase revenue. The result- they have lost it from me.

I never liked traveling by air, I don't enjoy being treated as one of a herd of cattle, but now with reduced seat pitch, airlines that either serve no food or require that you carry your own meal on board, attitudes that imply that the paying customer is an inconvience to the airline and being pawed over by TSA, I'll stick to travel by MG unless there is nor other way of getting where we want to go. Cheers - Dave
David DuBois

If you ever get the chance to fly first class, it's a whole different world forward of the curtain. :-) I've been able to do it a few times (although I'd never pay for the privledge unless I find myself earning somewhere in six figures... yeah, right) but it sure is nice to have the extra room and a drink in your hand before you even pull away from the terminal!
David Breneman

Your are right, first class or business is the way to go. Good food, free drinks, great movies and a lot of space. The new sleeper seats are great. Get a air mileage card for your credit card and start earing miles. I flew three times to Europe last year and as the old commerical goes "It's the only way to fly."!!!
JEFF BECKER

No, the only way to fly was in my military jet. Self-contained escape mechanism - no boring briefs from the trolley dollies. 3-D real-time in-flight entertainment by rookie crews trying to formate. Laugh a minute from the navigator (GIB) as he mis-identified the tanker as a commercial airliner. Best of all, a gun up front to get rid of other aircraft that try to jump the landing stack!

And they pay you to do it! Free travel, no need to collect air miles.

Only draw back - you normally landed back at your point of departure.

Steve
Steve Gyles

My recollection of the Martin Baker escape system, was that after an hour or so, that fiberglass seat pan got mighty hard on the old backside. Throw in a few extra G's for the heckuvit, and it was a real pleasure to stand up and walk around for a while. But it was fun, you got paid for it, and a carrier landing could be a real rush...from a GIB.
R. L Carleen

I take my hat off to you. Never did a carrier landing but have heard many stories.

I flew the F4 for a couple of years and can confirm it's a hard seat pan - busted my spine when I parted company with the aircraft on the take-off roll. The seat pan hit the runway first with my back side following a milli-second afterwards. Parachute rides don't come much shorter!

Steve
Steve Gyles

Never joined the caterpillar club...thank the Lord. The F4 was an awsome beast--flew back seat a couple times...in the B and F. Impressive. Carrier landings--you've got to trust the guy in front implicitly. Doubt I'd have the nerves to fly aboard myself.
R. L Carleen

I haven't had a job that's required me to fly enough that I've ever bothered with frequent flier miles. When I worked for Airborne Express I flew a bit, but since they were an "airline" they had tradeout deals with other airlines and you could get fired for requesting frequent flier miles! I did get to "fly the system" several times, and having your own seat in the cockpit of a 767 freighter sure beat flying coach! What a spectacular view. Those tiny elbow-high windows in the passenger compartment don't give you any clue how beautiful it is up there. You get to learn how to use an oxygen mask, escape line and crash axe, which adds to the fun. I was even put in charge of a recalcitrant generator once, and even called upon to point out our destination runway for a pilot unfamiliar with the area. Flying the system ended for non-pilots (as did most corporate travel) after 9/11, however.
David Breneman

This thread was discussed between 02/01/2005 and 13/01/2005

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