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> The contoured spine follows an ergonomic curve all the way up to the headrest, which the company claims allows for a more comfortable posture in the upright p
by forapurpose 8y ago
> The contoured spine follows an ergonomic curve all the way up to the headrest, which the company claims allows for a more comfortable posture in the upright position. “Our back is more contoured than most, which places the head more naturally above the body to stop it falling forward,” Pearson says.
Why do airplane seats not place my head naturally above my body? I get a stiff neck when awake, and as for sleeping, they are like church pews - as if the airlines purposely want to make it uncomfortable. Is there a safety reason to push my head forward?
- askafriend 8y agoMy guess would be to prevent whiplash. Some car headrests also force your head forward into a more active position for this reason.
- njarboe 8y agoI wonder what the crash rate of western airlines are at this point? For fatalities it is about 0/year. Maybe it is time to re-evaluate plane interiors for the trade-off between safety and comfort.
- askafriend 8y agoWhat you want is turbulence frequency and severity, not crash rate. I suspect metrics like these are what primarily drive these kinds of decisions rather than crashes since actual crashes are super rare.