AIRCRAFT SEAT WITH SEPARATED SEAT BACK AND SEAT PAN

An aircraft seat (104) may include a seat back (106) coupled to a shell of one or more passenger compartment shell sections (112,114) of a passenger compartment installed within an aircraft cabin. The aircraft seat may include a seat pan (108) coupled to a floor of the aircraft cabin proximate to an ottoman (136) installed within the passenger compartment. The seat back may be in contact with a surface of the seat pan when the aircraft seat is in a first position. The seat back may be separated from the surface of the seat pan when the aircraft seat is in a second position. The seat back may be configured to move independently of the seat pan when the aircraft seat transitions between the first position and the second position.