Dear Sir/Madam
Apologies if this is in the wrong part of the forum.
As part of an argumentative essay for a non aviation degree program, I would like to research rear-facing airline seats. I remember flying in a couple of Royal Air Force transport aircraft over thirty years ago as they are proven to be safer in the event of an accident.
Having contacted the UK version of the NTSB they suggested that SouthWest airlines had rear facing seats before. I was just wondering if anyone knew why they opted for this as it would have been quite unusual for the Boeing 737. Most UK built airliners of the 1950/60s were rear facing mostly probably because at the time the Ministry of Defence stated all trooping flights had to be rear facing seats and so it was easier just to adopt that as standard.
I appreciate any help you can provide.
Mr Darrell Brown
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