Article: The Difference a Foot Net Makes on a Long-Haul Flight

[AFF Editor]

The Difference a Foot Net Makes on a Long-Haul Flight is an article written by the AFF editorial team:

The Difference a Foot Net Makes on a Long-Haul Flight

Qantas is one of the only airlines to install nets for your feet in Economy Class on its long-haul aircraft. I find that this makes it much easier to sleep!

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

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[guybaxy]

The Difference a Foot Net Makes on a Long-Haul Flight is an article written by the AFF editorial team:

The Difference a Foot Net Makes on a Long-Haul Flight

Qantas is one of the only airlines to install nets for your feet in Economy Class on its long-haul aircraft. I find that this makes it much easier to sleep!

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

You can leave a comment or discuss this topic below.

I recall many years ago that I was part of a group that tested the foot nets. We were sent to a hotel in Sydney CBD - all top secret stuff, a group of seats and they had nets, quite amazing i thought, never thought they would roll it out, but they did. Interesting that no one copied them.

 

[Daver6]

I agree. The foot nets in Y that QF have make a huge difference to comfort when trying to sleep. I suspect a lot of pax don't even know that they exist!

 

[BriarFlyer]

I suspect a lot of pax don't even know that they exist!

Guilty as charged.

 

[kpc]

I agree. The foot nets in Y that QF have make a huge difference to comfort when trying to sleep. I suspect a lot of pax don't even know that they exist!

I no longer fly Y overnight so not relevant for me

 

[clifford]

When I fly PY (not on Qantas though), I select a bulkhead seat and use an inflatable cube to rest my feet on. These inflatable cubes have a fabric-like texture and can be packed down to next to nothing and easily packed in your carry-on.

I saw a lady on a long haul JAL flight doing that and thought, that looks like the way to go. And indeed, I find it to be comfortable and it does help me sleep.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

When I fly PY (not on Qantas though), I select a bulkhead seat and use an inflatable cube to rest my feet on. These inflatable cubes have a fabric-like texture and can be packed down to next to nothing and easily packed in your carry-on.

I saw a lady on a long haul JAL flight doing that and thought, that looks like the way to go. And indeed, I find it to be comfortable and it does help me sleep.

Unfortunately not all airlines allow those But the next best thing is a full-sized rolla-board. Pop that on its side and you have a leg rest flush with the seat pan.

I do wonder why in PEY - for those airlines that have them - they don’t allow the foot and calf rest to go horizontal. It would make it much more comfortable!

 

[Forg]

I don’t understand how these can work in Y. There’s already not enough legroom, your legs are already splayed in the memeworthy “manspreading” pose … given that a net must be above the floor level it has to mean your feet are moved even closer to you when using it, reducing the available room?

Or are these just short-people items?

 

[Pushka]

So - flying PE to Hawaii in September so these should be available. But is there a picture of one amd does it require something to be pulled out or ?

 

[offshore171]

I use these as storage

 

[Aeryn]

IME absolutely nothing except scoring a block of 4 seats to yourself so you can lay down, makes sleeping in whY possible. I simply cant sleep sitting up.

Ive tried the foot nets, didnt do anything for me whatsover, did not like the lip/edge you have to pull down digging into my calves.

 

[AIRwin]

So - flying PE to Hawaii in September so these should be available. But is there a picture of one amd does it require something to be pulled out or ?

https://www.qantasnewsroom.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Dreamliner-Premium-Economy-Seat-One-Pager.pdf

 

[MonteCristo]

Food nets could help some people depending on their physiology. But I saw a YouTube short a few days ago about fold up seats ANA has in A380 Economy that are ... effectively what Air NZ has as their Skycouch.

While practically dying in a Qatar 777 in economy last week, with old mate next to me taking up about 25% of my personal room (*ahem* I digress) ... I got thinking.

I'm tall - 194cm. And I struggle with a sciatic nerve in my leg that gets really uncomfortable after like 5 hours in the air. Aside from standing up, not much helps me. If I get an aisle seat, I can stretch my leg a little. It mildly alleviates symptoms. But it's no cure. My butt and top of my femur are still getting pressure on them, so the nerve hurts.

About the only seated position that helps is propping my leg/s up against the back of the seat in front of me, or trying to put my leg on the edge of the seat (but the fabric is usually slippery, so that doesn't work). My butt still has pressure on the seat, but my leg doesn't anymore.

Seeing those lifted leg rests on ANA and Air NZ, I wonder what the feasibility would be of having all economy seats like that. It would add weight to the aircraft. But it would allow all people to shift their positions during a flight - not only as a lie-down option across a row, but in individual seats. It would relieve pressure points on the back and legs.

With Emirates teasing a whole new way of looking at economy, I wonder if something like the above would make it more comfortable, without changing layouts and decreasing seating numbers.