In message <2Zw3m.99681$d36.5126@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
aemeijers wrote:
>Scott in SoCal wrote:
>> In message
>> , aemeijers
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I think the Feds should mandate slightly wider seats and row pitch for
>>> new planes coming on line, for safety reasons if nothing else.
>>
>> The Feds wouldn't have to mandate anything if people would simply
>> refuse to fly on airlines that stack them like cordwood and pack them
>> in like sardines.
>
>Which leaves them few other choices, unless their destination happens to
>be one served by Amtrak or Greyhound, or they are willing to drive.
Teleconferencing immediately springs to mind. WebEx, Telepresence, et.
al. are making a killing thanks to the combined brutality of airlines
and the TSA.
>A decade or so back, several of the airlines tried to make a sales point
>of more room, but people buy mainly on price, and the revised cabins
>went back to normal at the next refresh cycle. For 80th percentile size
>people, where the bell curve starts falling off, the cabins are fine. It
>is mainly for bell curve outriders like me on height, shoulder width,
>and leg length, that it is a problem.
I'm one of those people. If I have to sit cramped in those no-legroom
seats for more than a couple of hours, my legs really start to hurt. |