From kls Fri Aug 29 08:10:43 1997 Newsgroups: sci.aeronautics.airliners Path: bounce-back Date: 29 Aug 97 08:10:43 From: domk1031@cetus.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE (Burkhard Domke) Subject: Re: Airliner Windows References: Message-ID: Approved: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM Sender: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany On 28 Aug 97 22:33:34 , Bob Mann wrote: >As far as the elevation of the window belt-line goes, it's based on >structural considerations and sited around 50th percentile passenger >ergonomics -- well below 6' "average" heights. Slightly off topic, but why don't the manufacturers consider 95-percentile ergonomics instead of sizing everything around a 50-percentile man, inherently annoying every other passenger? Burkhard Domke 6 ft. 6 in.