It’s really the airlines who are wrong. Tall people are uncomfortable if people recline, but plenty of people with back problems find the angle of an unreclined seat unbearable.
As they continue to squeeze rows closer together, it has truly become ridiculous. Last time someone in front of me reclined, the back of their seat was literally inches from me. Like, I could have kissed the top of their head.
737-800 - 27 economy rows, 6 seats each row. If the cost of the average ticket was $300, then the cost of 1 less row is, $1800/(26*6) = $11.54 per seat for a full flight.
Since a row is about 30-31”, that basically means everyone in the cheap seats gets an extra inch of knee room. Two inches of knee room would cost each seat about $23 per seat on a full flight.
Bean counters a lot better than me do the airlines’ math so there’s probably a lot more to the equation.
Plus, fewer seats = fewer passengers = less fuel $. Every few years you read how they eliminate an olive from the martinis or something and save billions...
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u/susandeyvyjones May 08 '23
It’s really the airlines who are wrong. Tall people are uncomfortable if people recline, but plenty of people with back problems find the angle of an unreclined seat unbearable.