Question about JAF3113 BRU-TFS on 10/12/08

[VT-JEF]

Hi guys, I heve a small question concerning my trip to Tenerife with JAF. I'm planning on ordering our seats through the website of Jetairfly. I think the flight will be serviced by their B735 (oo-jat) and I saw that the seatrows on the left start at row 2 with 3 abreast and on the right side they start on row 1 but there are only 2 seats on the first row. What's the catch about that? Somebody allready travelled with oo-jat? We're travelling with 2 people, so are the 2 seats on the right on row 1 good seats?
Greets

[andreas]

Whilst I would not be able to tell you wether or not your flight will be operated by OO-JAT I can tell you that indeed Row 1 has only three seats (ABC) and that the second row has five seats (ABC/aisle/DE); which means that the passenger sitting on 3F has no seat in front (interesting to know if you have long legs!) However, I have no idea why this is the case!

Hope this info is useful, have a nice flight and holiday!

[EBBR_Based]

the second row has five seats (ABC/aisle/DE); which means that the passenger sitting on 3F has no seat in front (interesting to know if you have long legs!)

I've never been on board of OO-JAT, but I'd say that it would be the passenger in 3D who doesn't have a seat in front instead of 3F.

I've seen this configuration already on Malev's B737s: because the entrance of the aircraft would be too crowded, they operate the first row in a 2-2 configuration instead of 2-3.

There are only two seats on the left side because MA still has a separate Business Class cabin with fixed seats. On the right side in the first row, they only have two seats (like on OO-JAT) to make it easier for the passengers to enter the aircraft & especially for the crew to be able to pass with their drink trolleys etc.

In this seating lay-out they don't have a 2D seat in the first row, only 2E and 2F. This gives the passenger in 3D unlimited legroom of course.

A configuration with a 2D and a 2E seat but without a 2F seat would only make sense for an emergency exit row.

This can be wrong though... this is the only experience I have with airlines only having two seats in the first row on the right side of the aircraft.