A bulkhead seat on an airliner is like the first row behind a cabin wall which means there\'s no seats in front of you. There a little more leg room.
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Bulkhead is another of those words that come to us from the days when sailing ships were the only transport craft in the day. Other words from the days of sailing ships is used on aircraft like galley (kitchen), the hold (cargo compartment) and cockpit *(control room). The bulkhead on a sailing ship was the vertical partition dividing the hull into separate compartments; often made watertight to prevent excessive flooding if the ship\'s hull is breached
隔間座就是坐在飛機分隔牆的第一排座位。隔間座最適合有嬰兒的乘客,因為牆上常可以設立平台,放置嬰兒床,讓媽媽不用全程抱著嬰兒。而就算沒帶嬰兒,很多人也喜歡坐隔間座,因為少了前座乘客,不用擔心被躺的很斜的前座擋住出入。不過隔間座也不是沒有缺點,例如在起飛降落時,隨身的物品必須收到上方的行李架,不可以放在地上;另外,隔間的背後如果是廁所,很可能一路上都會聽到開關門和沖水的聲音,難以入眠。
* bulkhead 艙壁;隔板;隔牆
「隔間座」(Bulkhead Seat)