Wouldn't mind getting ahold of of an old cockpit seat with the sheepskin on it for home simulator use.

I'd check it with a black light first.

I'd check it with a black light first.

LOLIndeed

ughhh...thats wrong.Unless the copilots female

Its there to make the pilots comfortable and it also keeps them from sweating.

If the human body gets too hot it will sweat. Air conditioning prevents this, not the sheepskin.

AFAIK they're mostly sheepskin, same stuff as the car seat covers as they don't get too hot and they're durable. Leather can get too hot from the sun and lack of ventilation and can crack from continuous use. (Remember with high fleet utilization someone is sitting on them nearly all the time.)Airbus uses cloth seats.

The magic of 100% genuine sheepskin is simply that it will keep you cool in summer & warm in winter. No other natural or man-made fiber possesses the qualities of sheep- skin. Whatever the temperature in your cockpit, sheepskin covers remain almost the same temperature. Additionally, each hollow fiber absorbs up to 30% of its own weight in moisture. Keeps you dry, & never feels wet itself. You avoid the heat and clamminess of vinyl, or even leather, because of the free flow of air between you and seat.So there's your answer.

Exactly.PS for others: Air conditioning is used in flight, and in ground operations to prepare the flight. Sometime it is needed to remain on ground for long time with air conditioning off... a comfortable cool/warm seat is what you need. It will not cool you, but it prevents the overheat of the bottom parts :)

I'm wondering why nobody tells the truth. Fur covered seats makes the flight deck a nicer place to fly. You just need to lighten the fire in the fireplace, a bottle of good wine, dim the lights and push the button...

One thing forgotten here is the fire-retardant quality of sheepskin (compliant with FAA Flame Requirements) and its ability to defeat the build-up of static electricity, both crucial in the cockpit. Along with all other things mentioned, this makes it ideal for cockpits in general.

Absorbs well when peeing in pants of sheer terror

So why passenger seats aren't covered by fur? If someone pees on the plane because of the terror, why pee together. I think my virtual PAX from FSPassengers would really appreciate such seating :D.

I have over 12K real time hours in the Boeing. I find sheepskin covers to be the most comfortable. In fact, I have a real, [not fake] cover on my simulater chair right now. Also have real sheepskin covers in my vehicles.I doubt if Airbus really cares.Regards,JFriz

Comfort and least sliding matter ...

Perhaps we could ask for a real 737 seat - sheepskin lined - with SP2 ?..I spend enough time flying the NGX (according to my missus)Bill

I would also support a natural sheepskin cover coming with SP2, I will start a petition soon about that. :(-

honestly i wouldn't be surprised if it just something traditional from WW2 fighter jet seats. Probably no 'functional' reason.

As someone who has flown for a living since the 1970's I have found it is pretty darm comfortable and works well on really hot days or really cold ones. When you caboose is planted somewhere and you don't get out of the seat for quite a few hours (my longest once was 5.5 hours on a forest fire suppression mission) with temps in the 90'sF (aircraft had no a/c at the time) it made life a little nicer. Dave