You might be a youngin ... these cramped seats are a modern phenomenon. Did you know air travel was a highly regulated thing? Airlines squeezed every drop of ef

You might be a youngin ... these cramped seats are a modern phenomenon. Did you know air travel was a highly regulated thing? Airlines squeezed every drop of efficiency they could post 9-11 ... they did it and no one complained because people wanted to support them (patriotic reasons and general decency). The airlines took it too far with all these charges, cramped seats, etc. They also implemented dynamic pricing and demand management which I think is a great evil as a consumer.