Trump campaign fact check: Armrests in first class seats did move

CNN Money ^ | 2016-10-14 | Jon Ostrower

[blueplum]

and across the aisle from the armrest was a Brit citizen who said it was Ms. Leeds who was the octopus, even waiting for Trump to return from the restroom.

It is highly unusual for a tourist class to be invited up to first class, especially when first class is crowded already. How did Ms. Leeds get to first class for ‘meal service’ within 45 minutes of the flight taking to the air?

[FredZarguna]

There are ways to do that without giving them ad revenue, as the OP pointed out.

[madison10]

Don’t be rude. It is worth posting. The conversation was happening here FR and it is good to get clarification. Once the removable/movable seat thing is off the table, we can go onto something else.

Rush mentioned this, too.

[HiTech RedNeck]

So what ARE you getting at?

Sometimes little people who are little by choice deserve to get ribbed.

[FredZarguna]

It's def a sign,

Legit, bra.

[EDINVA]

They may have been removable for a passenger to lay across and rest if the adjacent seat was empty but a flight attendant would have had to store it ... where would a thing that size fit?? And how easily removed was it? This is nuts. So one passenger is going to remove the armrest to physically assault the passenger in the next seat? No other passengers on the flight noticed this assault? Story still doesn’t hold water.

[Talisker]

Which one are you? The nutjob conspiracy theorist or the click-bait blog pimp?

Like, who says they're different?

[sockmonkey]

@jonostrower@cnnmoney.#armrest Removable, NOT Movable.
#ClintonNewsNetwork

[Bryanw92]

Removable is not the same as foldable.

[timestax]

1. Article says armrest is REMOVABLE and must be stowed else ware by the cabin crew. Doesn’t just easily fold up as the woman implied 2. The fuselage of the 727 is NOT identical to the 707. The 727 was a 3 engine aircraft with one engine in the tail. All FOUR engines on the 707 were on the wings. CNN as usual is full of crap.

[Talisker]

So what ARE you getting at? Sometimes little people who are little by choice deserve to get ribbed.

It's Saturday afternoon. Chill out. Crack a beer and drink it. Make a crack and laugh at it. Find a crack and fill it. You know, live life to the fullest.

[jonrick46]

You have that correct! Spot on!

[timestax]

ping

[Red Steel]

Of course they are “removable” and so are the seats or anything else. You know for maintenance, replacement, something new. I’m sure the carpets are removable too ...pull straight up.

[SaveFerris]

Winner

[JayGalt]

This does not look like the pictures that were published of vintage Braniff seats, is this a manual from the 1980’s?

[Nifster]

Nt folding up the way miss dis said....They had to pulled directly up and you had to be standing to do it.

[JayGalt]

Thank you!

[jonrick46]

I have been looking for Miss Leeds photo at a younger age and couldn’t find one. Could you post the one you found or tell me how you saw it?

[philman_36]

Pan Am? Looks like the same seats to me.