In first class the price of the seat negates this risks while there are more business class passengers and it’s easier for a random wrongdoer to afford. This isn’t a problem in center seats, only window seats. There is also the safety issue of not seeing if anyone is tampering with the aircraft structure. It would be hard to design as the dimensions of business class seats are not symmetrical. Silence is optimal and opening and closing a door shouldn’t disturb the seat next to you.Ī Floor to ceiling partition like in first class would be appreciated in business. The only issue with doors is if they are designed poorly. You don’t have to look at people when you eat. Flight attendants are nowhere to be found for hours at a time. On a nighttime flight, a lot of people are sleeping. This is important as most of the time there is no one in the aisle. Doors prevent people from seeing you and you seeing them when you are seated in your seat and also are lying down. Most people close their doors.ĭoors don’t prevent people from seeing you when they stand in the aisle. Offering doors in business class lets passengers better custom tailor their experience. If you don’t care for them, keep yours open. You’re not going to get bumped by passengers and crew as they pass down the aisleįundamentally doors are a choice.You’ll be somewhat shielded by lights and entertainment screens in other seats.That doesn’t bother me so much, but it does make many readers uncomfortable, especially women.įinally, I agree with the points that Lucky makes that, In addition there’s the actual privacy benefit, that when you’re sleeping other passengers aren’t looking at you. Instead it can be as much about your own perception of the cabin around you – what you see and do not see – as about who sees you. But the point of the exercise isn’t to give you so much privacy that no one can see you so you can do you-know-what. To be sure many of those doors are half-height, and some first class products provide greater privacy as cabin crew walk down the aisle. They cordon off personal space and leave you less likely to see the people around you. Flying long haul in old British Airways business class, surrounded by people that you climb over, leaves me more worn out at the end of the flight.ĭoors help to create a cocoon. You won’t find yourself in a sea of people.įirst world problems too be sure, you’re in a cabin with far fewer people than economy regardless, but small cabins with fewer people around me (whether it’s real or an illusion) leave me far more relaxed. When there are two business cabins, one small and one larger, I’ll choose the mini-cabin. That’s because I won’t see anyone behind me and the cabin will feel smaller, as though it’s only one row. In an open business (or first) class configuration I’ll choose the bulkhead row if possible, unless I know that the galley placement on the aircraft will lead to excess noise.

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