While the overweight-passenger issue is a real thing, in this case the seat pitch affects people who are taller. 28" (711mm) seat pitch (which includes the thic

While the overweight-passenger issue is a real thing, in this case the seat pitch affects people who are taller. 28" (711mm) seat pitch (which includes the thickness of the seat), doesn't leave much room if your femur is longer than that. So all the Dutch and Scandinavian fliers would really suffer on a 4+ hour flight.