Behind the reasons why so many brand new business class seats are launching with their doors locked open, and it's a genuinely bizarre situation for airlines and their seatmakers.
@theupfront.mediaUnited’s new 787-9 seats are having their doors unlocked shortly — after flying for months with doors locked open by order of the FAA.
This, and the other seats caught up in it, are one of the most bizarre regulatory issues facing airlines and their seatmakers.
We explain what’s changed, and why.
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The blockers behind United’s soon-to-be unlocked new Polaris Elevate Ascent seat doors — plus wider questions around naive user testing
As United gets ready to open up (or, rather, close up) its suite doors in Polaris business on its new 787-9, we discuss the problem that kept them locked open, and what it means for regulation in the ...