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I was really excited for 787s at Air Canada, and soon discovered over multiple trips that the seat back is too thin and light. If the person behind me puts the

I was really excited for 787s at Air Canada, and soon discovered over multiple trips that the seat back is too thin and light. If the person behind me puts the provided a water bottle in the seat pocket in front of them, as they do almost every flight, it pokes, pushes, and rubs my back enough that I wake up.

bu0Ahcei 8y ago
I totally noticed this same thing a couple of days ago! Damn!
isostatic 8y ago
I was rerouted and downgraded to a KLM economy flight overnight last year, on an old 747. Same problem with the seat. The solution is easy, don't fly in economy.
- Cthulhu_ 8y ago
  Not-economy is often twice as expensive though. If it's for leisure then sure, you could opt to go somewhere else or keep saving for a more expensive flight, but if it's for business your employer probably doesn't want to spend twice as much.
  - dagw 8y ago
    Not-economy is often twice as expensive though. For short haul and domestic flights. For trans-atlantic flights it's often 3-5 times as expensive.
    - isostatic 8y ago
      And takes up 3-5 times as much room.
- dagw 8y ago
  The solution is easy, don't fly in economy. Bloody poor people. They should be happy we let them our airplanes at all.
  - isostatic 8y ago
    $400 is an annual wage for much of the world. if you can fly in a plane you are rich, it's just a question of how rich you are. In the 1970s a transatlantic return was about $3000 in today's money. You can get a business class bed for that now. If you could afford to travel in economy in 1970, you can do it in business today, and business today is far above first class in those days. If you work for a company that insists on flying you in economy and you don't like it, it's time to move job.