Anyone who has had to sit next to someone who needs two seats knows how miserable it can be - as they spill over onto the seat you paid for are are trying to sit in.
I am a small female, not overweight - and I find the seats smaller than ever even for someone of my size. We flew first-class with points and those seats were comfortable but I wouldn’t call them roomy at all.
The airlines are trying to cram as many people as possible on these flights and have made the seats smaller and the aisles narrower.
I remember when people used to dress-up in their Sunday Best to fly.
Nowadays it’s Greyhound of the Airways!.............šŖ
I can remember back to my flying days. Sometimes Iād have half an L1011 to myself. Kick back, light up a Dunhill, and order a drink.
True...but if people were regularly willing to pay more for more room, the market would meet that demand. As it is, most people prioritize cost over everything else, so they are willing sit in seats crammed together because more people flying means cheaper cost per seat.
Many years ago, I started to suspect that the real reason for the luggage size and weight restrictions and fees was so that the max take-off weight could shift over to a greater % of pa$$engers.
As time has flown, the airlines have really learned how to pax em in.
I'm one of those people for whom MRI machines are plenty roomy. Airline seats, not so much anymore. I haven't been in an airline seat in almost a decade though, so it's probably much worse now, and I weigh even less these days.
As for the supersized passengers -- it's weird, because if they instead spent their food "budget" on as many seats as they needed, they wouldn't need all of the seats.