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I brought this up in another thread, but the floor level is a couple inches lower in the A320 series so the plane feels larger because you (both figuratively and literally) have more headroom, which I personally greatly enjoy.

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Legroom is much more important than headroom.

You must not be tall, it's a pain to have to turn your head parallel to the ceiling every time you get up

Aren't you sitting down 99.99% of the time and standing up 0.01% of the time? How isn't leg room the hugely primary concern over the ability to stand up?

On a 737, most short people have to as well. I don't really see how any narrow-body could be outfitted 6 seats wide and allow tall people to stand up straight at their seat, and still retain overhead compartments.

As a passenger I'd love both, thank you. I do find it annoying to have to walk down the center stooped over or with my head turned sideways in smaller planes. I'm not even unusually tall--only 190 cm.

But yes, I do value legroom more than headroom. They don't, however, trade against each other.

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