"Fyfe Foldout" Hits The Airwaves
They can call it the "skycouch" or "cuddle class" all they like but I would like to anoint it the Fyfe Foldout (c) in honour of New Zealand's most rootable CEO.
From the CEO who painted himself wearing nothing for an advertisement, we now have an instrument for poor people to join the mile high club. Wrap a blankie over those two and there's nowhere else to go but on top of each other. With one person having to lie on their side anyway to fit on the FF, I would recommend the spoons sex position
The mechanics of the Fyfe Foldout are interesting. The fattie of a couple would not be able to lie on the outer part of the FF that's for sure and the FF loses comfort with the fattie having to rest his legs up on the back of the seat. A New Zealand male may have trouble fitting his legs across the three seats at 175cm and I'm picking the surface won't be perfectly flat which for a bad sleeper like myself would be intolerable.
So it is Rob Fyfe - the poor man's Richard Branson, rolling out another gimmick hot on the heels of bodypaint, auctioning his undies and cougars. The FF is a natural extension of Fyfe's branding of the airline as a slightly less horny version of himself.
I'm picking that the FF is perfect for small Asian couples on the NZ-HK route, and an adult travelling with a child. So I'm not about to pay for 2 1/2 seats when business class means I can avoid economy class germs.
As for two "ordinary New Zealanders" it is hard to predict how they will react. Perhaps Phil Goff could ask them when he's out meeting them. I would say when these seats are free, air mattresses will have a hard job keeping the bludgers off them.
Anyway change is good so big tick to Air NZ for trying something and the Business Premier seats look lovely. Which is excellent news as the current ones in long haul are now just looking like a man who has spent too long in a bad marriage.
Tatty, beaten into submission and out of shape.
I'm picking that the FF is perfect for small Asian couples on the NZ-HK route, and an adult travelling with a child. So I'm not about to pay for 2 1/2 seats when business class means I can avoid economy class germs.
As for two "ordinary New Zealanders" it is hard to predict how they will react. Perhaps Phil Goff could ask them when he's out meeting them. I would say when these seats are free, air mattresses will have a hard job keeping the bludgers off them.
Anyway change is good so big tick to Air NZ for trying something and the Business Premier seats look lovely. Which is excellent news as the current ones in long haul are now just looking like a man who has spent too long in a bad marriage.
Tatty, beaten into submission and out of shape.
posted by Cactus Kate at 12:29 AM
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The mainstream media hasn't asked or even picked up on how it will be a tighter squeeze for cattle class.
10 abreast seating instead of 9 abreast on NZ's current 777s (and the cabin is the same width). Around a inch narrower for all those seats compared with both the current 777s and the 747s.
An inch less legroom compared to the 747s (but an inch more compared to the current 777s). Mind you, the proletariat almost always pick airlines based on price, so it's hardly surprising. I doubt if many in economy even know they get more legroom on NZ's 747s than on 777s.
With touch sensitive entertainment screens, people can look forward to the kids behind them pushing their seat to play games or change movies etc.
Premium economy will upset business travellers whose bosses have an eye on being stingy and drop flying business class. These are a LOT wider than the current ones (3 less seats in a row!), but the recline is just the same.
Business premier is refreshed but the same, the big difference will be ovens allowing fresh food to be cooked to order.
As most NZ travellers are in the back, as NZ is a low yield low income origin for travellers, they wont notice much, but NZ has now got millions of dollars of free publicity worldwide for the skycouch.
That's the real clever part of it.
... air mattreses for 'ordinary New Zealanders' ...
Will do wonders for the New Zealand 100% Pure image when 'ordinaries' such as Koru Carter and partner are spotted spooning on the Fyfe Foldouts.
Yuk!
PM of NZ - come on, as long as Carter has the travel perk you think he will be in economy!!
Those thin little seat backs surely mean more rows in total, if the leg room is similar as previous?
Cactus - You are right. It will be better if Carter is spooning in your end of the plane.
As for these seat, I wish they had them on that flight I took with my girlfriend on KLM from Sydney to Amsterdam. That arm-rest nearly killed me.
I was shocked to discover recently that BA has dropped business class on domestic flights in the UK.
My flight smelled of rubber soled shoes, man-made fabrics and daily mail readers.
Thank goodness it was only a 75 minute flight.
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