Fly me to Dallas, but on a CUSHIONED seat!
I read an article this week about an Italian designer who created a new type of airline seat. It is basically a plastic saddle with a hard back, and each row of seats would have only 23 inches of legroom, compared to 29-32 inches on most coach-class planes.
The news video of a demonstration showed taller people (6 feet or more) with their legs pressed against the row in front. I can only imagine the discomfort if a fat and/or pregnant passenger were to try to sit in these seats. Also, this arrangement would mean passengers would have to step into the aisle whenever a passenger in the middle or window seat needs to get up to use the lavatory since there's no room to maneuver in front of the seated passengers. On top of that, parents wouldn't be able to hold an infant in such a tight space and most children probably won't last more than 20 minutes on the hard seats without raising a fuss.
The proposed seats haven't received FAA approval yet, and I hope they don't. Virtually all of the comments I read below the article said they wouldn't fly on any plane that had these seats. If I wanted to sit in a crowded space for hours on a hard plastic chair, I'd still be in elementary school!
The last time I flew, I weighed somewhere in the range of 330-340 pounds. I required a seat-belt extension and the tray table couldn't go all the way down due to my enormous gut. This is with a seat pitch of roughly 30 inches. I'm hoping my next flights (in February for Furry Fiesta) will be a tad more comfortable since my weight should be below 300 by then.
The news video of a demonstration showed taller people (6 feet or more) with their legs pressed against the row in front. I can only imagine the discomfort if a fat and/or pregnant passenger were to try to sit in these seats. Also, this arrangement would mean passengers would have to step into the aisle whenever a passenger in the middle or window seat needs to get up to use the lavatory since there's no room to maneuver in front of the seated passengers. On top of that, parents wouldn't be able to hold an infant in such a tight space and most children probably won't last more than 20 minutes on the hard seats without raising a fuss.
The proposed seats haven't received FAA approval yet, and I hope they don't. Virtually all of the comments I read below the article said they wouldn't fly on any plane that had these seats. If I wanted to sit in a crowded space for hours on a hard plastic chair, I'd still be in elementary school!
The last time I flew, I weighed somewhere in the range of 330-340 pounds. I required a seat-belt extension and the tray table couldn't go all the way down due to my enormous gut. This is with a seat pitch of roughly 30 inches. I'm hoping my next flights (in February for Furry Fiesta) will be a tad more comfortable since my weight should be below 300 by then.