Quote Originally Posted by Abbey View Post
Facing bench seats seem the most space-efficient?
It is. 'A-hole-to-belly button" actually is. Get a LOT of Marine recruits in one building that way

Facing benches is next. FOr one thing, if you sit facing forward/aft, somebody's got to do a lot of twisting their heads around to have conversations. Facing benches cures that. You can pack more people on a bench than individual seats. Everyone can see the pilot and where they are going.

All our troop transports were set up with facing web seats. And you DO want to know where you are on a Marine CH-47. Those things don't swim any better than they fly