Are cabin dividers used to “hide” the flex of the airplane?
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Recently onboard an aircraft, a fellow passenger told me that the cabin dividers (walls) inside an aircraft are there to limit your line of sight such that you will not notice the flex of the airplane.
I know that some walls are there because of the presence of a lavatory or are actually used to create a barrier between Economy class and Business class. However as can be seen in the photo below, the circled wall is doing none of the above.
Was my fellow passenger right?
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edited 11 hours ago
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Recently onboard an aircraft, a fellow passenger told me that the cabin dividers (walls) inside an aircraft are there to limit your line of sight such that you will not notice the flex of the airplane.
I know that some walls are there because of the presence of a lavatory or are actually used to create a barrier between Economy class and Business class. However as can be seen in the photo below, the circled wall is doing none of the above.
Was my fellow passenger right?
passenger cabin-design
edited 11 hours ago
Federico♦
26.4k16105157
asked 13 hours ago
BrilsmurfffjeBrilsmurfffje
2,91621333
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I have heard that was such the case for particularly long aircraft (a340-600), from an Airbus employee... But they may have been misinformed themselves :)
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– Daniel Shillcock
11 hours ago
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Somehow I can't help but wonder if that passenger also believed that the aircraft were throwing out chem-trails...
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– UKMonkey
10 hours ago
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Couldn't someone in an aisle seat poke their head around and see? Or am I misunderstanding?
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– Captain Man
7 hours ago
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Clearly, someone has never flown Southwest? :)
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– UnrecognizedFallingObject
4 hours ago
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Recently onboard an aircraft, a fellow passenger told me that the cabin dividers (walls) inside an aircraft are there to limit your line of sight such that you will not notice the flex of the airplane.
I know that some walls are there because of the presence of a lavatory or are actually used to create a barrier between Economy class and Business class. However as can be seen in the photo below, the circled wall is doing none of the above.
Was my fellow passenger right?
passenger cabin-design
edited 11 hours ago
Federico♦
26.4k16105157
asked 13 hours ago
BrilsmurfffjeBrilsmurfffje
2,91621333
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Recently onboard an aircraft, a fellow passenger told me that the cabin dividers (walls) inside an aircraft are there to limit your line of sight such that you will not notice the flex of the airplane.
I know that some walls are there because of the presence of a lavatory or are actually used to create a barrier between Economy class and Business class. However as can be seen in the photo below, the circled wall is doing none of the above.
Was my fellow passenger right?
passenger cabin-design
passenger cabin-design
edited 11 hours ago
Federico♦
26.4k16105157
asked 13 hours ago
BrilsmurfffjeBrilsmurfffje
2,91621333
edited 11 hours ago
Federico♦
26.4k16105157
asked 13 hours ago
BrilsmurfffjeBrilsmurfffje
2,91621333
edited 11 hours ago
Federico♦
26.4k16105157
edited 11 hours ago
Federico♦
26.4k16105157
edited 11 hours ago
Federico♦
26.4k16105157
26.4k16105157
asked 13 hours ago
BrilsmurfffjeBrilsmurfffje
2,91621333
asked 13 hours ago
BrilsmurfffjeBrilsmurfffje
2,91621333
asked 13 hours ago
BrilsmurfffjeBrilsmurfffje
2,91621333
2,91621333
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I have heard that was such the case for particularly long aircraft (a340-600), from an Airbus employee... But they may have been misinformed themselves :)
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– Daniel Shillcock
11 hours ago
4
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Somehow I can't help but wonder if that passenger also believed that the aircraft were throwing out chem-trails...
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– UKMonkey
10 hours ago
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Couldn't someone in an aisle seat poke their head around and see? Or am I misunderstanding?
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– Captain Man
7 hours ago
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Clearly, someone has never flown Southwest? :)
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– UnrecognizedFallingObject
4 hours ago
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I have heard that was such the case for particularly long aircraft (a340-600), from an Airbus employee... But they may have been misinformed themselves :)
$endgroup$
– Daniel Shillcock
11 hours ago
4
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Somehow I can't help but wonder if that passenger also believed that the aircraft were throwing out chem-trails...
$endgroup$
– UKMonkey
10 hours ago
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Couldn't someone in an aisle seat poke their head around and see? Or am I misunderstanding?
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– Captain Man
7 hours ago
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Clearly, someone has never flown Southwest? :)
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– UnrecognizedFallingObject
4 hours ago
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I have heard that was such the case for particularly long aircraft (a340-600), from an Airbus employee... But they may have been misinformed themselves :)
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– Daniel Shillcock
11 hours ago
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I have heard that was such the case for particularly long aircraft (a340-600), from an Airbus employee... But they may have been misinformed themselves :)
$endgroup$
– Daniel Shillcock
11 hours ago
4
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Somehow I can't help but wonder if that passenger also believed that the aircraft were throwing out chem-trails...
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– UKMonkey
10 hours ago
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Somehow I can't help but wonder if that passenger also believed that the aircraft were throwing out chem-trails...
$endgroup$
– UKMonkey
10 hours ago
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Couldn't someone in an aisle seat poke their head around and see? Or am I misunderstanding?
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– Captain Man
7 hours ago
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Couldn't someone in an aisle seat poke their head around and see? Or am I misunderstanding?
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– Captain Man
7 hours ago
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Clearly, someone has never flown Southwest? :)
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– UnrecognizedFallingObject
4 hours ago
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Clearly, someone has never flown Southwest? :)
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– UnrecognizedFallingObject
4 hours ago
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Was my fellow passenger right?
No.
That photo is taken in a B777-300 (2 aisles, 4 seats in the centre and three at the sides, lavatories only behind the central rows, rows on the left side of the aircraft are one more than the central ones at that location):
As you can see the wall is just were an emergency exit is, and if you will look on the other side of the wall you will find a "jump seat", i.e. a foldable seat used by the crew, and the wall is there for it.
Also, walls help in dividing the aircraft in different classes.
answered 13 hours ago
Federico♦Federico
26.4k16105157
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Agreed, you really aren't going to see any flex, it's to separate the unwashed coach-dwellers in steerage from those willing to shell out triple the money for 2 inches more space.
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– GdD
13 hours ago
3
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@GdD 2" is a big deal if it's the difference between 1" shorter than your femur and 1" longer!
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– Chris H
12 hours ago
3
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@GdD Or from those willing to shell out some points and $5 for a seat the folds out into a 6.5-foot-long bed. :) But, yes, you're right that those bulkheads are usually just cabin dividers unless there's a galley or lav or something there. Sometimes they're also for mounting FA jump seats by exit doors.
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– reirab
12 hours ago
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You won't be able to detect any flex in an airliner fuselage sighting down the interior without optical instrumentation of some kind, or a laser. Where partition dividers are used without any obvious purpose, like separating classes or providing something to anchor something to, it's to break up "tunnel effect" of rows of heads in a tube out in front of you seemingly going to infinity, which some people can find disorienting when the big tube is moving, and can even aggravate motion sickness in someone prone to it.
answered 11 hours ago
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Was my fellow passenger right?
No.
That photo is taken in a B777-300 (2 aisles, 4 seats in the centre and three at the sides, lavatories only behind the central rows, rows on the left side of the aircraft are one more than the central ones at that location):
As you can see the wall is just were an emergency exit is, and if you will look on the other side of the wall you will find a "jump seat", i.e. a foldable seat used by the crew, and the wall is there for it.
Also, walls help in dividing the aircraft in different classes.
answered 13 hours ago
Federico♦Federico
26.4k16105157
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Agreed, you really aren't going to see any flex, it's to separate the unwashed coach-dwellers in steerage from those willing to shell out triple the money for 2 inches more space.
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– GdD
13 hours ago
3
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@GdD 2" is a big deal if it's the difference between 1" shorter than your femur and 1" longer!
$endgroup$
– Chris H
12 hours ago
3
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@GdD Or from those willing to shell out some points and $5 for a seat the folds out into a 6.5-foot-long bed. :) But, yes, you're right that those bulkheads are usually just cabin dividers unless there's a galley or lav or something there. Sometimes they're also for mounting FA jump seats by exit doors.
$endgroup$
– reirab
12 hours ago
add a comment |
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Was my fellow passenger right?
No.
That photo is taken in a B777-300 (2 aisles, 4 seats in the centre and three at the sides, lavatories only behind the central rows, rows on the left side of the aircraft are one more than the central ones at that location):
As you can see the wall is just were an emergency exit is, and if you will look on the other side of the wall you will find a "jump seat", i.e. a foldable seat used by the crew, and the wall is there for it.
Also, walls help in dividing the aircraft in different classes.
answered 13 hours ago
Federico♦Federico
26.4k16105157
$endgroup$
14
$begingroup$
Agreed, you really aren't going to see any flex, it's to separate the unwashed coach-dwellers in steerage from those willing to shell out triple the money for 2 inches more space.
$endgroup$
– GdD
13 hours ago
3
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@GdD 2" is a big deal if it's the difference between 1" shorter than your femur and 1" longer!
$endgroup$
– Chris H
12 hours ago
3
$begingroup$
@GdD Or from those willing to shell out some points and $5 for a seat the folds out into a 6.5-foot-long bed. :) But, yes, you're right that those bulkheads are usually just cabin dividers unless there's a galley or lav or something there. Sometimes they're also for mounting FA jump seats by exit doors.
$endgroup$
– reirab
12 hours ago
add a comment |
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Was my fellow passenger right?
No.
That photo is taken in a B777-300 (2 aisles, 4 seats in the centre and three at the sides, lavatories only behind the central rows, rows on the left side of the aircraft are one more than the central ones at that location):
As you can see the wall is just were an emergency exit is, and if you will look on the other side of the wall you will find a "jump seat", i.e. a foldable seat used by the crew, and the wall is there for it.
Also, walls help in dividing the aircraft in different classes.
answered 13 hours ago
Federico♦Federico
26.4k16105157
$endgroup$
Was my fellow passenger right?
No.
That photo is taken in a B777-300 (2 aisles, 4 seats in the centre and three at the sides, lavatories only behind the central rows, rows on the left side of the aircraft are one more than the central ones at that location):
As you can see the wall is just were an emergency exit is, and if you will look on the other side of the wall you will find a "jump seat", i.e. a foldable seat used by the crew, and the wall is there for it.
Also, walls help in dividing the aircraft in different classes.
answered 13 hours ago
Federico♦Federico
26.4k16105157
answered 13 hours ago
Federico♦Federico
26.4k16105157
answered 13 hours ago
Federico♦Federico
26.4k16105157
answered 13 hours ago
Federico♦Federico
26.4k16105157
26.4k16105157
14
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Agreed, you really aren't going to see any flex, it's to separate the unwashed coach-dwellers in steerage from those willing to shell out triple the money for 2 inches more space.
$endgroup$
– GdD
13 hours ago
3
$begingroup$
@GdD 2" is a big deal if it's the difference between 1" shorter than your femur and 1" longer!
$endgroup$
– Chris H
12 hours ago
3
$begingroup$
@GdD Or from those willing to shell out some points and $5 for a seat the folds out into a 6.5-foot-long bed. :) But, yes, you're right that those bulkheads are usually just cabin dividers unless there's a galley or lav or something there. Sometimes they're also for mounting FA jump seats by exit doors.
$endgroup$
– reirab
12 hours ago
add a comment |
14
$begingroup$
Agreed, you really aren't going to see any flex, it's to separate the unwashed coach-dwellers in steerage from those willing to shell out triple the money for 2 inches more space.
$endgroup$
– GdD
13 hours ago
3
$begingroup$
@GdD 2" is a big deal if it's the difference between 1" shorter than your femur and 1" longer!
$endgroup$
– Chris H
12 hours ago
3
$begingroup$
@GdD Or from those willing to shell out some points and $5 for a seat the folds out into a 6.5-foot-long bed. :) But, yes, you're right that those bulkheads are usually just cabin dividers unless there's a galley or lav or something there. Sometimes they're also for mounting FA jump seats by exit doors.
$endgroup$
– reirab
12 hours ago
14
14
$begingroup$
Agreed, you really aren't going to see any flex, it's to separate the unwashed coach-dwellers in steerage from those willing to shell out triple the money for 2 inches more space.
$endgroup$
– GdD
13 hours ago
$begingroup$
Agreed, you really aren't going to see any flex, it's to separate the unwashed coach-dwellers in steerage from those willing to shell out triple the money for 2 inches more space.
$endgroup$
– GdD
13 hours ago
3
3
$begingroup$
@GdD 2" is a big deal if it's the difference between 1" shorter than your femur and 1" longer!
$endgroup$
– Chris H
12 hours ago
$begingroup$
@GdD 2" is a big deal if it's the difference between 1" shorter than your femur and 1" longer!
$endgroup$
– Chris H
12 hours ago
3
3
$begingroup$
@GdD Or from those willing to shell out some points and $5 for a seat the folds out into a 6.5-foot-long bed. :) But, yes, you're right that those bulkheads are usually just cabin dividers unless there's a galley or lav or something there. Sometimes they're also for mounting FA jump seats by exit doors.
$endgroup$
– reirab
12 hours ago
$begingroup$
@GdD Or from those willing to shell out some points and $5 for a seat the folds out into a 6.5-foot-long bed. :) But, yes, you're right that those bulkheads are usually just cabin dividers unless there's a galley or lav or something there. Sometimes they're also for mounting FA jump seats by exit doors.
$endgroup$
– reirab
12 hours ago
add a comment |
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You won't be able to detect any flex in an airliner fuselage sighting down the interior without optical instrumentation of some kind, or a laser. Where partition dividers are used without any obvious purpose, like separating classes or providing something to anchor something to, it's to break up "tunnel effect" of rows of heads in a tube out in front of you seemingly going to infinity, which some people can find disorienting when the big tube is moving, and can even aggravate motion sickness in someone prone to it.
answered 11 hours ago
John KJohn K
24.8k13675
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add a comment |
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You won't be able to detect any flex in an airliner fuselage sighting down the interior without optical instrumentation of some kind, or a laser. Where partition dividers are used without any obvious purpose, like separating classes or providing something to anchor something to, it's to break up "tunnel effect" of rows of heads in a tube out in front of you seemingly going to infinity, which some people can find disorienting when the big tube is moving, and can even aggravate motion sickness in someone prone to it.
answered 11 hours ago
John KJohn K
24.8k13675
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
You won't be able to detect any flex in an airliner fuselage sighting down the interior without optical instrumentation of some kind, or a laser. Where partition dividers are used without any obvious purpose, like separating classes or providing something to anchor something to, it's to break up "tunnel effect" of rows of heads in a tube out in front of you seemingly going to infinity, which some people can find disorienting when the big tube is moving, and can even aggravate motion sickness in someone prone to it.
answered 11 hours ago
John KJohn K
24.8k13675
$endgroup$
You won't be able to detect any flex in an airliner fuselage sighting down the interior without optical instrumentation of some kind, or a laser. Where partition dividers are used without any obvious purpose, like separating classes or providing something to anchor something to, it's to break up "tunnel effect" of rows of heads in a tube out in front of you seemingly going to infinity, which some people can find disorienting when the big tube is moving, and can even aggravate motion sickness in someone prone to it.
answered 11 hours ago
John KJohn K
24.8k13675
answered 11 hours ago
John KJohn K
24.8k13675
answered 11 hours ago
John KJohn K
24.8k13675
answered 11 hours ago
John KJohn K
24.8k13675
24.8k13675
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I have heard that was such the case for particularly long aircraft (a340-600), from an Airbus employee... But they may have been misinformed themselves :)
$endgroup$
– Daniel Shillcock
11 hours ago
4
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Somehow I can't help but wonder if that passenger also believed that the aircraft were throwing out chem-trails...
$endgroup$
– UKMonkey
10 hours ago
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Couldn't someone in an aisle seat poke their head around and see? Or am I misunderstanding?
$endgroup$
– Captain Man
7 hours ago
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Clearly, someone has never flown Southwest? :)
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– UnrecognizedFallingObject
4 hours ago