Which seat is easier to get in/out of? (poll)

[201er]

With all this talk about monkey bar and natural birth techniques for getting in and out of a Mooney, which seat do you find easier to get in/out of? The pilot seat or the passenger seat?

[kris_adams]

pilot for sure.  1/2 the time I have the copilot's seat slid forward and go behind it, 1/2 the time I slide it back and go over it, 1/2 the time I do something else

[Hank]

Left seat is much easier. I almost can't get out of the right seat, but admittedly have little experience. 

[Igor_U]

2 hours ago, Hank said:

Left seat is much easier. I almost can't get out of the right seat, but admittedly have little experience. 

Interesting... How do you get out of left seat without sliding to the right one? 

I normally slide to copilot seat, and grab the center tube with my left, copilot A-pillar with my right hand and get up.

[RLCarter]

5 hours ago, kris_adams said:

pilot for sure.  1/2 the time I have the copilot's seat slid forward and go behind it, 1/2 the time I slide it back and go over it, 1/2 the time I do something else

That’s a lot of 1/2ths…..lol

[Schllc]

I had two ultras, the second door is grossly overrated. It took me about four months to stop walking around to the passenger side. 
The carbon fiber was a much better fit than the aluminum, the size of the door on the ultra is a winner but two of them is just more things to break and more places to leak. The NXI was great as was the panel layout, but in my opinion (and budget) not worth double the cost of a legacy Mooney. 
Mooney would have been better served by making the single door larger and avoiding all the expense and time they went through for two doors. 
Maybe they could have built more when the market was hot…
 

[cliffy]

I just twist and put my right knee on the copilot seat  left foot in the copilot foot well and stand up

And I'm 6'1" and 260  No problem except for age!   :-)

[Guest]

Did I miss the option for Comanche?

[RLCarter]

16 hours ago, M20Doc said:

Did I miss the option for Comanche?

It’s next to the Cessna option

[haymak3r]

19 hours ago, Igor_U said:

Interesting... How do you get out of left seat without sliding to the right one? 

I normally slide to copilot seat, and grab the center tube with my left, copilot A-pillar with my right hand and get up.

I grab center tube, and stand up and out the door while taking a step on the co-pilot floor and then step out on to the wing. Definitely WAY easier getting out on the pilot side. I never even touch the co-pilot seat.

[MooneyMitch]

I found the easiest seat for ingress/egress was the Ovation right rear seat.  With the front right seat in the max forward position and it’s seat back also full forward, I’d simply stand up through door opening and step onto the wing 

Admittedly, I rarely sat in that seat, but tried it just for fun .  Riding in the back seat of an airplane, is like riding on the back of a motorcycle…..frightening !!! 

Regarding pilot or co-pilot seat ease, either one was fine for me. 

[Guest]

6 hours ago, RLCarter said:

It’s next to the Cessna option

It must be in the fine print on the last page!