[pjerem]

I think it’s because anyway there is space under the cockpit and that’s structural. So there is no reason nor incentives to make those machines smaller while sacrificing fixability.

It’s either that or seats or kerosene. There is not enough room for seats, and it’s not an acceptable place to store kerosene (too dangerous in case of crash and can cause stability issues as the volume of kerosene decreases while flying).

[jfrunyon]

Could be additional cargo space. Airlines would be quite happy, they could accept more cargo = more $.

[Symbiote]

Look at the diagram on [1], it's a fairly small space. Other diagrams [2] suggest it's also a weird shape.

[1] https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/27419/how-is-th...

[2] https://www.smartcockpit.com/docs/a350-900-flight-deck-and-s...

[formerly_proven]

The extremely wide FoV in the video makes it look far bigger than it is.