A Staggered Seat is Beneficial for the Flying V Aircraft

Peter Vink; Shabila Anjani; Chiara Percuoco; Roelof Vos; Amalia Vanacore

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-74608-7_24

A Staggered Seat is Beneficial for the Flying V Aircraft

Peter Vink^*, Shabila Anjani, Chiara Percuoco, Roelof Vos, Amalia Vanacore

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Staggered seats might be a solution for a V-shaped aircraft (the Flying V). The cabin longitudinal axis of this airplane has a 26° angle with respect to the direction of flight. When seats are positioned in the direction of flight, they consequently have an angle to the cabin and become staggered. It is unknown whether the comfort of this staggered seat is appreciated. In this study, 117 participants tested the comfort and the privacy experience in this staggered seat compared with a regular aircraft seat. The experiment showed that both comfort and privacy were significantly better in the staggered seats. However, the analysis is based on short-term evaluations, which means that long-term effects still need to be studied and also the effects of groups travelling together need to be investigated.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, IEA 2021 - Sector Based Ergonomics
Editors	Nancy L. Black, W. Patrick Neumann, Ian Noy
Publisher	Springer
Pages	184-190
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	9783030746070
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74608-7_24
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, IEA 2021 - Virtual, Online Duration: 13 Jun 2021 → 18 Jun 2021

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Name	Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Volume	221 LNNS
ISSN (Print)	2367-3370
ISSN (Electronic)	2367-3389

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Conference	21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, IEA 2021
City	Virtual, Online
Period	13/06/21 → 18/06/21

Keywords

Aircraft seat
Arm Rest
Comfort
Flying V
Leg room
Staggered

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Vink, P., Anjani, S., Percuoco, C., Vos, R., & Vanacore, A. (2021). A Staggered Seat is Beneficial for the Flying V Aircraft. In N. L. Black, W. P. Neumann, & I. Noy (Eds.), Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, IEA 2021 - Sector Based Ergonomics (pp. 184-190). (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 221 LNNS). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74608-7_24

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Vink, P, Anjani, S, Percuoco, C, Vos, R & Vanacore, A 2021, A Staggered Seat is Beneficial for the Flying V Aircraft. in NL Black, WP Neumann & I Noy (eds), Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, IEA 2021 - Sector Based Ergonomics. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol. 221 LNNS, Springer, pp. 184-190, 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, IEA 2021, Virtual, Online, 13/06/21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74608-7_24

A Staggered Seat is Beneficial for the Flying V Aircraft. / Vink, Peter; Anjani, Shabila; Percuoco, Chiara et al.
Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, IEA 2021 - Sector Based Ergonomics. ed. / Nancy L. Black; W. Patrick Neumann; Ian Noy. Springer, 2021. p. 184-190 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 221 LNNS).

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