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Are cabin dividers used to “hide” the flex of the airplane?

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Recently onboard an aircraft, a fellow passenger told me that the cabin dividers (walls) inside an aircraft are there to limit your line of sight such that you will not notice the flex of the airplane.

I know that some walls are there because of the presence of a lavatory or are actually used to create a barrier between Economy class and Business class. However as can be seen in the photo below, the circled wall is doing none of the above.

Was my fellow passenger right?

passenger cabin-design

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  I have heard that was such the case for particularly long aircraft (a340-600), from an Airbus employee... But they may have been misinformed themselves :)
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  Couldn't someone in an aisle seat poke their head around and see? Or am I misunderstanding?
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  Clearly, someone has never flown Southwest? :)
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Recently onboard an aircraft, a fellow passenger told me that the cabin dividers (walls) inside an aircraft are there to limit your line of sight such that you will not notice the flex of the airplane.

I know that some walls are there because of the presence of a lavatory or are actually used to create a barrier between Economy class and Business class. However as can be seen in the photo below, the circled wall is doing none of the above.

Was my fellow passenger right?

passenger cabin-design

share|improve this question

edited 15 hours ago

Federico♦

26.4k16105157

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BrilsmurfffjeBrilsmurfffje

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  I have heard that was such the case for particularly long aircraft (a340-600), from an Airbus employee... But they may have been misinformed themselves :)
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  – Daniel Shillcock
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  Somehow I can't help but wonder if that passenger also believed that the aircraft were throwing out chem-trails...
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  Couldn't someone in an aisle seat poke their head around and see? Or am I misunderstanding?
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  Clearly, someone has never flown Southwest? :)
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Recently onboard an aircraft, a fellow passenger told me that the cabin dividers (walls) inside an aircraft are there to limit your line of sight such that you will not notice the flex of the airplane.

I know that some walls are there because of the presence of a lavatory or are actually used to create a barrier between Economy class and Business class. However as can be seen in the photo below, the circled wall is doing none of the above.

Was my fellow passenger right?

passenger cabin-design

share|improve this question

edited 15 hours ago

Federico♦

26.4k16105157

asked 17 hours ago

BrilsmurfffjeBrilsmurfffje

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edited 15 hours ago

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edited 15 hours ago

Federico♦

26.4k16105157

edited 15 hours ago

Federico♦

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Was my fellow passenger right?

No.

That photo is taken in a B777-300 (2 aisles, 4 seats in the centre and three at the sides, lavatories only behind the central rows, rows on the left side of the aircraft are one more than the central ones at that location):

As you can see the wall is just were an emergency exit is, and if you will look on the other side of the wall you will find a "jump seat", i.e. a foldable seat used by the crew, and the wall is there for it.

Also, walls help in dividing the aircraft in different classes.

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  Agreed, you really aren't going to see any flex, it's to separate the unwashed coach-dwellers in steerage from those willing to shell out triple the money for 2 inches more space.
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  @GdD 2" is a big deal if it's the difference between 1" shorter than your femur and 1" longer!
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  @GdD Or from those willing to shell out some points and $5 for a seat the folds out into a 6.5-foot-long bed. :) But, yes, you're right that those bulkheads are usually just cabin dividers unless there's a galley or lav or something there. Sometimes they're also for mounting FA jump seats by exit doors.
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You won't be able to detect any flex in an airliner fuselage sighting down the interior without optical instrumentation of some kind, or a laser. Where partition dividers are used without any obvious purpose, like separating classes or providing something to anchor something to, it's to break up "tunnel effect" of rows of heads in a tube out in front of you seemingly going to infinity, which some people can find disorienting when the big tube is moving, and can even aggravate motion sickness in someone prone to it.

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Was my fellow passenger right?

No.

That photo is taken in a B777-300 (2 aisles, 4 seats in the centre and three at the sides, lavatories only behind the central rows, rows on the left side of the aircraft are one more than the central ones at that location):

As you can see the wall is just were an emergency exit is, and if you will look on the other side of the wall you will find a "jump seat", i.e. a foldable seat used by the crew, and the wall is there for it.

Also, walls help in dividing the aircraft in different classes.

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answered 17 hours ago

Federico♦Federico

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  Agreed, you really aren't going to see any flex, it's to separate the unwashed coach-dwellers in steerage from those willing to shell out triple the money for 2 inches more space.
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  – GdD
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  @GdD 2" is a big deal if it's the difference between 1" shorter than your femur and 1" longer!
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  @GdD Or from those willing to shell out some points and $5 for a seat the folds out into a 6.5-foot-long bed. :) But, yes, you're right that those bulkheads are usually just cabin dividers unless there's a galley or lav or something there. Sometimes they're also for mounting FA jump seats by exit doors.
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Was my fellow passenger right?

No.

That photo is taken in a B777-300 (2 aisles, 4 seats in the centre and three at the sides, lavatories only behind the central rows, rows on the left side of the aircraft are one more than the central ones at that location):

As you can see the wall is just were an emergency exit is, and if you will look on the other side of the wall you will find a "jump seat", i.e. a foldable seat used by the crew, and the wall is there for it.

Also, walls help in dividing the aircraft in different classes.

share|improve this answer

answered 17 hours ago

Federico♦Federico

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  Agreed, you really aren't going to see any flex, it's to separate the unwashed coach-dwellers in steerage from those willing to shell out triple the money for 2 inches more space.
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  – GdD
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  @GdD 2" is a big deal if it's the difference between 1" shorter than your femur and 1" longer!
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  @GdD Or from those willing to shell out some points and $5 for a seat the folds out into a 6.5-foot-long bed. :) But, yes, you're right that those bulkheads are usually just cabin dividers unless there's a galley or lav or something there. Sometimes they're also for mounting FA jump seats by exit doors.
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  – reirab
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Was my fellow passenger right?

No.

That photo is taken in a B777-300 (2 aisles, 4 seats in the centre and three at the sides, lavatories only behind the central rows, rows on the left side of the aircraft are one more than the central ones at that location):

As you can see the wall is just were an emergency exit is, and if you will look on the other side of the wall you will find a "jump seat", i.e. a foldable seat used by the crew, and the wall is there for it.

Also, walls help in dividing the aircraft in different classes.

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answered 17 hours ago

Federico♦Federico

26.4k16105157

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answered 17 hours ago

Federico♦Federico

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answered 17 hours ago

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You won't be able to detect any flex in an airliner fuselage sighting down the interior without optical instrumentation of some kind, or a laser. Where partition dividers are used without any obvious purpose, like separating classes or providing something to anchor something to, it's to break up "tunnel effect" of rows of heads in a tube out in front of you seemingly going to infinity, which some people can find disorienting when the big tube is moving, and can even aggravate motion sickness in someone prone to it.

share|improve this answer

answered 14 hours ago

John KJohn K

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14

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You won't be able to detect any flex in an airliner fuselage sighting down the interior without optical instrumentation of some kind, or a laser. Where partition dividers are used without any obvious purpose, like separating classes or providing something to anchor something to, it's to break up "tunnel effect" of rows of heads in a tube out in front of you seemingly going to infinity, which some people can find disorienting when the big tube is moving, and can even aggravate motion sickness in someone prone to it.

share|improve this answer

answered 14 hours ago

John KJohn K

24.8k13675

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add a comment | 

$begingroup$

You won't be able to detect any flex in an airliner fuselage sighting down the interior without optical instrumentation of some kind, or a laser. Where partition dividers are used without any obvious purpose, like separating classes or providing something to anchor something to, it's to break up "tunnel effect" of rows of heads in a tube out in front of you seemingly going to infinity, which some people can find disorienting when the big tube is moving, and can even aggravate motion sickness in someone prone to it.

share|improve this answer

answered 14 hours ago

John KJohn K

24.8k13675

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share|improve this answer

answered 14 hours ago

John KJohn K

24.8k13675

answered 14 hours ago

John KJohn K

24.8k13675

answered 14 hours ago

John KJohn K

24.8k13675