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Just put a bunch of Aeron chairs in an airplane! Done! Jokes aside, we've all sat in comfortable chairs and uncomfortable chairs, in airplanes or otherwise. Wha

Just put a bunch of Aeron chairs in an airplane! Done! Jokes aside, we've all sat in comfortable chairs and uncomfortable chairs, in airplanes or otherwise. What makes a chair comfortable? What's the most comfortable chair you've used?

ygra 8y ago
I'd guess for economy the priorities will always be safety, mass, cost, and comfort. In that order (hopefully). So airline seats won't take cues from office chairs for a while.
- zbrozek 8y ago
  I'm not sure where this ended up going, but there was some legal challenge claiming otherwise: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/31/case-incredible-shrinking-airline-seat-tells/524972001/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/31/case-incredib...
choward 8y ago
For me comfort is all about leg room and has nothing to do with the chairs themselves. I don't want my knees touching the chair in front of me. If better designed chairs means more leg room, then I'm more comfortable.
- lainga 8y ago
  My dad actually can't fly economy on a certain SE Asian carrier - because the seat-to-back distance is shorter than his femur.
- rconti 8y ago
  I just want two goddamned armrests so I don't have my elbows pinned to my ribs for a half dozen or a dozen hours. I'm an average-sized male and have no issues with legroom in economy; as long as I've got 1-2" in front of my knees I'm golden -- most seats provide more than that. I'll rant about this until the cows come home; I can pay $39 to upgrade to slightly-more-legroom class, but all I really want is some armrests. Premium economy, fleetwide, nationwide, STAT. Currently the only real PE products are on international flights (from the US perspective).
Kluny 8y ago
A Miata textile driver's seat. It was like an egg cup perfectly shaped for me. It's very lightly padded, but the plastic is supportively shaped so that it's not a problem. The seat is sloped so you don't feel like you're going to slide out, and you stretch your legs out forward, with a foot rest to keep your knees at a comfortable angle. Someday I'll achieve my dream of using one as a desk chair.

ygra 8y ago

I'd guess for economy the priorities will always be safety, mass, cost, and comfort. In that order (hopefully). So airline seats won't take cues from office chairs for a while.

zbrozek 8y ago
I'm not sure where this ended up going, but there was some legal challenge claiming otherwise: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/31/case-incredible-shrinking-airline-seat-tells/524972001/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/31/case-incredib...

choward 8y ago

For me comfort is all about leg room and has nothing to do with the chairs themselves. I don't want my knees touching the chair in front of me. If better designed chairs means more leg room, then I'm more comfortable.

lainga 8y ago
My dad actually can't fly economy on a certain SE Asian carrier - because the seat-to-back distance is shorter than his femur.
rconti 8y ago
I just want two goddamned armrests so I don't have my elbows pinned to my ribs for a half dozen or a dozen hours. I'm an average-sized male and have no issues with legroom in economy; as long as I've got 1-2" in front of my knees I'm golden -- most seats provide more than that. I'll rant about this until the cows come home; I can pay $39 to upgrade to slightly-more-legroom class, but all I really want is some armrests. Premium economy, fleetwide, nationwide, STAT. Currently the only real PE products are on international flights (from the US perspective).

Kluny 8y ago

A Miata textile driver's seat. It was like an egg cup perfectly shaped for me. It's very lightly padded, but the plastic is supportively shaped so that it's not a problem. The seat is sloped so you don't feel like you're going to slide out, and you stretch your legs out forward, with a foot rest to keep your knees at a comfortable angle. Someday I'll achieve my dream of using one as a desk chair.