However, I think my fellow flying compatriots would all agree that one issue stands head and shoulders above the rest. Fix just this one issue, and the airlines will be back on the path to customer loyalty, an improved travel experience, and the return to bottom line profitability that would certainly follow. As I'm sure you've guessed already, the issue is legroom. Too little legroom? Passengers feeling like they've been shoehorned into their seats? Of course not! How ludicrous. No, the problem would seem to be excess legroom.
"If only her row was a bit closer, I could more properly affix my knees to the back of the seat."Rest easy, though, weary traveler. The airlines have been laser focused on the issue and are close to rolling out a solution. Behold the "SkyRider", the new seats apparently set to be installed in coach in the near future.
The SkyRider, facilitating travel to faraway lands AND a three hour gluteus maximus workout!Read the entire article if you are so inclined, but here's the key part:
The design, named the “SkyRider”, allows just 23 inches of legroom, which is about seven inches less than the average seat's space of 30 inches.
Shaped similar to a horse saddle, passengers sit at an angle, with their weight taken on by their legs. It allows seats to be overlapped.
The seats would also offer storage space including a shelf for carry-on bags and hooks to hang a jacket or a handbag.
The makers say the seat would allow budget airlines, such as Ryanair, to cram more passengers into their tight cabins.
It appears that currently this is primarily being sought out by low cost European carriers, and that it may also face safety regulation hurdles. Rest easy, though, for I have no doubt that their American counterparts will be on the case soon enough. Now if they can just cut back a bit more on the peanuts and pretzels and perhaps further restrict passenger access to drinking water, I think they might just have a winner on their hands.
AMEN!
ReplyDeleteI disagree. That space has been deliberately allocated to one person's control: the person given the recline button. I have no problem if the person in front of me decides to recline for some sleep. The space taken up is entirely above the waist and so doesn't affect your leg room, as the guy in the picture could tell you if he just put his legs down. Stop kicking my seat. During meal times, it's different, and the airlines typically make an announcement to that effect. That said, it's presumptious to recline just to take up as much space as you can. No one has enough, including the person behind you.
ReplyDeleteA couple points -
ReplyDelete1 - in coach, the seat in front of me reclined CRUSHES my knees. Josh and I are both 6'4"ish and I'm all legs, so maybe that's the cause.
2 - have you ever tried to work on a laptop in coach when the seat is reclined in front of you?
Coach seats should not recline.
If you need the extra space, buy the seat in front of you. Tall people are a drain to society and should be chopped to size or exterminated.
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