V-Flyer

We're flying to Dubai in October and am trying to choose our seats; it's an A346 on the route.

I'm looking at row 43 at the moment but I'm confused by what appears to be a wall or a divider or something in the middle section around row 42/43 where there's a row of D-G missing. There are then just a couple of rows behind this before the loos and galley.

We're going to get the two seats by the window so won't be in the middle anyway but does anyone know what the size the divider is? I don't want to have our view inside the plane restricted if it's a full size wall rather than just something small.

I hope that makes sense!! Thanks in advance for your help.

Karen [?]

OK the bulkhead that you see around row 43 is actually the entrance to the stairhouse that leads to the crew rest area. It takes up the room of the 3-4 seats that are missing in the middle.

If I were you, I would avoid the A-C seats nearby as the door opening and closing might disturb you if you were asleep.

Hope that makes sense[:X]

I'd also avoid that area of seating on the A346's as it's very enclosed because as Tickerbelle says, the crew rest entrance area is close by with the mid galley (or new water fountain area) just behind it. The washroom is also pretty near there as well so it does get pretty conjested in that area.

Having just flown to SYD and back on A346's, I'd say go for a row as near the front of the Y cabin as you can.

Regards

Just got off the VS401(Lady Luck) tonight from Dubai and sat in 41C by request just to see how often the crew rest area was frequented by staff.If you want peace and quiet go and sit somewhere else - for my purposes the experiment was rather interesting .The service level in Y tonight was shocking (I'll do a TR later)and this was possibly explained by the fact a large (and I mean large) number of cabin crew were ensconsed down in the rest area complete with UC pillows and duvets they had brought through the cabin (so not terribly subtle eh?) a mere 2 and 1/2 hours into the flight( and there they stayed for a LONG LONG time).Meanwhile in the cabin we were left to fend for ourselves.
Not acceptable in my book and the poor level of cabin service tonight(or more accurately this afternoon GMT) combined with the poor service on the way out has left me feeling rather disappointed with VS.

look forward to reading the tr DL

Thanks everyone, I'll go back on now and choose some different seats.

That particular row is just about the furthest forward that we can get at the moment, although we always check-in far too early so we can always ask for different seats then though I presume.

Thanks again, you've all been very helpful.

Karen