Too Fat to Fly? Silent Bob vows to scorch the eart

[meddauna]

The older planes were more roomy. The whole problem now is that the airlines now want to shoehorn more and more people. Plus, like it was mentioned, people think they can lean back, bring out laptop microcomputers and encroach on their neighbors.

Make wider seats that can not recline and ban use of laptops.

the seats are plenty big, people just need to be more flexible. when i was flying back from spain a few years ago, i was curled up into a ball laying on my side nice and comfortable in my seat in cattle class (i'm 6', 160lbs). i only had one problem, the stupid seat designers put the call attendant button on the side of the arm rest so when i shifted a little bit my spine ended up pushing the button. i wasn't pleased when the FA woke me up to turn it off

 

[Sabre]

The older planes were more roomy. The whole problem now is that the airlines now want to shoehorn more and more people. Plus, like it was mentioned, people think they can lean back, bring out laptop microcomputers and encroach on their neighbors.

Make wider seats that can not recline and ban use of laptops.

I have lurked long enough. And this is my area of expertise.

I wrote my thesis on the topic of airline trends and seating. Titled, "The Walmart Effect"

Basically it is the consumers, aka you, who brought this on yourselves. Everyone always complains about the size of the seats yet(for the most part) buys the absolute cheapest ticket they can find. The cheaper each ticket, the more tickets they have to sell. Just the way it works. If I dig up my paper I can give some specific examples for different aircraft under different airlines as well as exact details on the history.

To sum it up, deregulation ruined the long term prospects of the airline industry. For both the employees as well as the passengers. Dont even get me started on pilot and flight attendant pay, or the post will be 15,000 words.

I am well versed in aviation and airline practices, passenger rights and procedures, and logical reasons why he would be thrown off(ones that the media won't understand/report). So any questions you may have, fire away.

 

[TrueSOMDGirl]

I have lurked long enough. And this is my area of expertise.

I wrote my thesis on the topic of airline trends and seating. Titled, "The Walmart Effect"

Basically it is the consumers, aka you, who brought this on yourselves. Everyone always complains about the size of the seats yet(for the most part) buys the absolute cheapest ticket they can find. The cheaper each ticket, the more tickets they have to sell. Just the way it works. If I dig up my paper I can give some specific examples for different aircraft under different airlines as well as exact details on the history.

To sum it up, deregulation ruined the long term prospects of the airline industry. For both the employees as well as the passengers. Dont even get me started on pilot and flight attendant pay, or the post will be 15,000 words.

I am well versed in aviation and airline practices, passenger rights and procedures, and logical reasons why he would be thrown off(ones that the media won't understand/report). So any questions you may have, fire away.

I guess my first question is how you came about finding this thread or was it just sheer luck with your background to stumble upon it? Is your first sentence supposed to deflect that question since you said you "lurked" long enough or is that about the total sum of it?

 

[EmptyTimCup]

The only way it's worth it is if they offer it at a discount when you check in for your flight. The ticket I just bought on VirginAmerica was $99 one way, to upgrade to first class was $849

I flew back from Dallas in Nov. on AA, I got an offer @ check in $ 135 to upgrade .. I jumped on it

Seat 3A .... a wall in front 2nd one off the plane @ BWI

 

[EmptyTimCup]

I swear I can remember a time when airplane seating was much wider and more comfortable than it is now.

yeah when I was 168 lbs, canvas troop seating in a C-141 was roomy