Oh, the airline seats I’ve been in aren’t TOO bad, but as we used to say in the Marines “You know you’re a real Grunt when you can get comfortable anywhere!” I haven’t flown in a while though, even though I love airplanes and love flying, I HATE airports! Don’t get me started…
The biggest problem in airports seems to be the characters employed by the Committe for State Security.
Oh, the TSA people are the least of my concerns, I’ve never really had a problem with them, but as I said, don’t get me started…
Hello everyone,
I haven’t been on the Classic Trains forum for quite a while.
I was going to post the following story a year or so ago, but talk of trips taking forever as FlyingCrow remembers, prompted me to do it now.
In the summer of 1963 or 4, while Dad was the Station Agent at Irricana, AB my parents decided we should visit my Dad’s parents in Regina, SK, and we should take the train, because they thought my brother and me would both be old enough to remember it. There was only Mixed Train service on the Langdon Sub. past Irricana, so we drove into Calgary to catch the EB “Dominion”. This trip was so uneventful I remember almost none of it. I only remember my mom and brother going into the station at Medicine Hat, AB to buy a late snack.
This trip was taken with the anticipation of an imminent RR strike, and our return was either going to be at the end of my dad’s vacation, or at the conclusion of the strike. Dad had arranged with his relief man to stay the first day after the strike to cover for him. Well, the strike happened. At the conclusion of the strike we were planning to take the WB “Dominion” home. That morning, however, my grandparents had arranged a visit with some old friends of the family, and Dad figured there wouldn’t be a problem to simply catch a local “all stops” train that would leave a couple of hours later. He thought people wouldn’t be back on the trains that quickly, and there wouldn’t be all that many local stops.
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Juniatha,
At 6’2", I find the typical airliner legroom to be a bit tight when the seatback in front is upright and definitely inadequate when the [8o|] passenger in front tries to recline. OTOH, things are even worse for my wife who has longer legs than I despite being 2 inches shorter and worse yet for my daughter who has longer legs than my wife despite being two inches shorter than her. Don’t get me started on shoulder room.
- Erik
Gee …
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= J =
I have ridden both TGV and ICE trains a number times in recent year and it was a disappointing experience in terms of comfort. Those “new-fangled” stylish seats are in no way a match to those big chairs the former TEE trains sported. The only good thing I can say about the high speed trains is that they are fast. I am 6´5", and every minute in an uncomfortable seat is a torture to me.
Airline seats - never saw any that was up to my needs.
Hi Ulrich
You know , I suspect they still use that old sack of potatoes for Standardisation of European Railway Passenger Seating ( SERPS ) g.
As for airliners - it’s not the aircraft manufacturer , though , see:
http://baviation.com/wp-content/uploads/Boieng-787-dreamliner-interior.jpg
ggg
= J =